TABLE 2.
Variable | Gatherers, OR (99% CI) | Disseminators, OR (99% CI) | Blockers, OR (99% CI) |
Women | 1.74** (1.33, 2.26) | 1.18 (0.82, 1.69) | 1.65** (1.21, 2.25) |
Kinship | |||
Participant | 5.34** (3.23, 8.82) | 14.27** (8.65, 23.56) | 1.15 (0.60, 2.21) |
First-degree relative | 1.58** (1.06, 2.36) | 1.24 (0.83, 1.85) | 10.69** (6.64, 17.22) |
Second-degree relative | 1.27 (0.93, 1.73) | 0.69 (0.44, 1.06) | 2.00** (1.33, 3.00) |
Spouse or partnera | 1.43 (0.72, 2.83) | 0.95 (0.48, 1.88) | 5.26** (2.60, 10.62) |
Nonbiological familyb (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Social kin | 0.55** (0.36, 0.82) | 0.67 (0.38, 1.19) | 0.34** (0.21, 0.55) |
Generation | |||
Younger | 0.41** (0.25, 0.66) | 0.06** (0.04, 0.08) | 0.19** (0.11, 0.34) |
Same (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Older | 0.33** (0.22, 0.48) | 1.23 (0.87, 1.75) | 0.71 (0.49, 1.03) |
Cancer history | 2.03** (1.41, 2.93) | ||
Provides tangible assistance | 1.66** (1.18, 2.35) | ||
Provides emotional support | 2.28** (1.49, 3.49) | 1.57** (1.10, 2.24) | 0.39** (0.26, 0.58) |
Female x first-degree relative | 3.60** (2.23, 5.80) | 0.47** (0.28, 0.80) | |
Female x second-degree relative | 3.32** (1.82, 6.09) | ||
Younger x first-degree relative | 0.36* (0.15, 0.84) | ||
Older x first-degree relative | 4.11** (2.41, 7.03) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. Sample size for gatherers was n = 4206; sample size for disseminators and for blockers was n = 5466. Analyses were controlled for the number of participants per family, newly recruited families, whether the alter was deceased, density, in-stars (variability in the number of network members who are chosen as gatherers, disseminators, or blockers of information within a family), and out-stars (variability across participants in the number of network members they report as gatherers, disseminators, or blockers of information).
Includes ex-spouses and partners.
Excludes spouse or partner.
* P < .01; **P < .001.