Table 4.

Structural equation analysis, standardized and unstandardized total effects

	Satisfaction life		Satisfaction job/main activity		Satisfaction finances		Satisfaction health		Affect balance
	b	β	b	β	b	β	b	β	b	β
Friendship network
Heterogeneity
No other friends	−0.473	−0.032	−0.481	−0.026	−0.500	−0.025	−0.754	−0.046	−0.302	−0.031
Average other friends	−0.618	−0.591	−0.628	−0.487	−0.668	−0.512	−1.019	−0.962	−0.402	−0.627
Maximum other friends	−1.133	−2.576	−1.151	−2.119	−1.263	−2.239	−1.958	−4.211	−0.756	−2.740
Number friends
Close	0.012	0.035	0.012	0.028	0.013	0.029	0.013	0.033	0.009	0.041
Other
No heterogeneity	0.002	0.027	0.002	0.022	0.003	0.022	0.004	0.045	0.002	0.028
Average heterogeneity	0.001	0.020	0.001	0.016	0.001	0.016	0.001	0.034	0.000	0.021
Maximum heterogeneity	−0.005	−0.003	−0.005	−0.002	−0.006	−0.004	−0.010	−0.004	−0.004	−0.003
Contact
Meeting	0.129	0.086	0.150	0.080	0.124	0.062	0.049	0.029	0.078	0.079
Phone	−0.006	−0.005	−0.006	−0.004	−0.009	−0.005	0.001	−0.000	−0.004	−0.004
Internet	0.039	0.036	0.039	0.029	0.050	0.034	0.082	0.069	0.029	0.041
Benefits
Social trust	0.131	0.086	0.128	0.068	0.191	0.094	0.081	0.048	0.134	0.135
Stress	−0.416	−0.267	−0.418	−0.217	−0.343	−0.165	−0.217	−0.125	−0.270	−0.267
Self-reported health	0.483	0.307	0.497	0.256	0.509	0.243	1.080	0.620	0.277	0.272
Received help	−0.085	−0.059	−0.085	−0.048	−0.100	−0.052	−0.088	−0.055	−0.052	−0.056
Control variables
Number of relatives	0.027	0.090	0.023	0.063	0.018	0.045	0.014	0.044	0.024	0.123
Female	0.129	0.040	0.161	0.040	0.074	0.017	−0.056	−0.016	0.081	0.039
Married	0.621	0.193	0.371	0.094	0.769	0.179	0.312	0.087	0.536	0.256
Common law	0.496	0.090	0.339	0.050	0.487	0.066	0.221	0.036	0.403	0.113
Age	−0.092	−0.102	0.015	0.012	0.063	0.053	−0.190	−0.190	−0.064	−0.109
Age2	0.052	0.116	0.037	0.066	0.055	0.092	0.010	0.021	0.028	0.095
R2	0.246		0.152		0.143		0.449		0.259

All estimates are based on 10 imputed datasets. All effects involving indirect relations were calculated by hand. Heterogeneity and number of other friends were assessed at three points of the other variable, herewith taking into account the interaction effect. Standardized estimates were standardized YX estimates

Source: 2003 General Social Survey of Canada