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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2009 Dec;97(6):977–991. doi: 10.1037/a0016076

Table 9.

Table 9a: Association of LP Loneliness and FP Loneliness Controlling for Depression (Compare with Table 5a)

LP Type
Nearby Friend Distant Friend Nearby Mutual Friend Nearby LP-Perceived Friend Coresident Spouse Non Coresident Spouse
Days/Week LP Currently
Lonely
0.28
(0.12)
−0.09
(0.06)
0.37
(0.15)
0.33
(0.28)
0.03
(0.04)
−0.05
(0.07)
Days/Week LP Lonely in
Prior Wave
0.13
(0.07)
0.07
(0.05)
0.13
(0.12)
0.02
(0.07)
0.01
(0.02)
−0.03
(0.04)
Days/Week FP Lonely in
Prior Wave
0.13
(0.13)
0.14
(0.07)
0.17
(0.17)
0.05
(0.06)
0.11
(0.04)
0.00
(0.06)
Exam 7 −0.03
(0.09)
−0.08
(0.09)
−0.18
(0.13)
−0.24
(0.11)
0.00
(0.03)
−0.07
(0.09)
FP’s Age 0.00
(0.00)
0.01
(0.01)
0.01
(0.01)
0.02
(0.01)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
FP Female −0.01
(0.08)
0.01
(0.07)
−0.07
(0.15)
0.11
(0.14)
0.05
(0.03)
0.00
(0.07)
FP’s Years of Education −0.01
(0.02)
0.01
(0.02)
0.01
(0.02)
0.04
(0.02)
0.01
(0.01)
−0.02
(0.01)
FP Current Depression
Index
0.07
(0.02)
0.08
(0.01)
0.07
(0.04)
0.06
(0.02)
0.05
(0.01)
0.06
(0.02)
FP Depression Index in
Prior Wave
0.00
(0.02)
−0.01
(0.01)
−0.01
(0.02)
−0.02
(0.01)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.01)
LP Current Depression
Index
−0.01
(0.01)
0.01
(0.01)
−0.02
(0.02)
0.00
(0.01)
0.01
(0.00)
0.01
(0.01)
LP Depression Index in
Prior Wave
−0.02
(0.01)
−0.01
(0.01)
−0.01
(0.01)
0.00
(0.01)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.01)
Constant 0.11
(0.41)
−0.44
(0.54)
−0.25
(0.70)
−1.23
(0.57)
−0.07
(0.20)
0.47
(0.35)
Deviance 157 405 87 80 959 146
Null Deviance 353 765 266 126 1422 219
N 396 826 182 232 3040 492
Table 9b: Association of LP Loneliness and FP Loneliness Controlling for Depression (Compare with Table 5b)

LP Type
Nearby Sibling Distant Sibling Immediate Neighbor Neighbor within 25M Neighbor within 100M Co-worker
Days/Week LP
Currently Lonely
0.00
(0.03)
−0.03
(0.01)
0.21
(0.09)
0.04
(0.02)
−0.05
(0.03)
0.00
(0.03)
Days/Week LP
Lonely in Prior
Wave
−0.02
(0.02)
0.03
(0.01)
0.08
(0.06)
0.03
(0.06)
−0.02
(0.03)
−0.02
(0.02)
Days/Week FP
Lonely in Prior
Wave
0.18
(0.05)
0.18
(0.04)
0.39
(0.19)
0.22
(0.04)
0.08
(0.06)
0.18
(0.05)
Exam 7 0.00
(0.05)
0.03
(0.04)
0.25
(0.13)
0.12
(0.06)
−0.01
(0.10)
0.00
(0.05)
FP’s Age 0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.00)
0.01
(0.00)
−0.01
(0.01)
0.00
(0.00)
FP Female 0.10
(0.05)
0.06
(0.04)
0.14
(0.12)
0.17
(0.06)
0.22
(0.09)
0.10
(0.05)
FP’s Years of
Education
−0.01
(0.02)
0.00
(0.01)
0.02
(0.04)
0.00
(0.02)
0.01
(0.02)
−0.01
(0.02)
FP Current
Depression Index
0.07
(0.02)
0.08
(0.01)
0.07
(0.04)
0.06
(0.02)
0.05
(0.01)
0.06
(0.02)
FP Depression Index
in Prior Wave
0.00
(0.02)
−0.01
(0.01)
−0.01
(0.02)
−0.02
(0.01)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.01)
LP Current
Depression Index
−0.01
(0.01)
0.01
(0.01)
−0.02
(0.02)
0.00
(0.01)
0.01
(0.00)
0.01
(0.01)
LP Depression Index
in Prior Wave
−0.02
(0.01)
−0.01
(0.01)
−0.01
(0.01)
0.00
(0.01)
0.00
(0.00)
0.00
(0.01)
Constant 0.82
(0.43)
0.71
(0.29)
−0.33
(0.68)
−0.01
(0.34)
1.02
(0.39)
0.82
(0.43)
Deviance 659 2114 103 896 3323 301
Null Deviance 991 3127 360 1699 5244 630
N 1748 5054 300 1562 5540 1140

Coefficients and standard errors in parenthesis for linear regression of days per week FP feels lonely on covariates are shown. Observations for each model are restricted by type of relationship (e.g., the leftmost model includes only observations in which the FP named the LP as a “sibling” in the previous and current period, and the sibling is “nearby” – i.e. lives no more than 1 mile away). Models were estimated using a general estimating equation with clustering on the FP and an independent working covariance structure (Liang & Zeger, 1986; Schildcrout & Heagerty, 2005). Models with an exchangeable correlation structure yielded poorer fit. Fit statistics show sum of squared deviance between predicted and observed values for the model and a null model with no covariates (Wei, 2002).