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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2013 Nov 25;92(3):1061–1085. doi: 10.1093/sf/sot117

Table 2.

Selected SIENA Parameter Estimates: Parental Knowledge and Drinkinga

Model 1
Model 2
b SE t SD b SE t SD
Structural parameters
Outdegree (density) −3.187 0.054 −59.00 *** 0.269 −3.188 0.054 −59.20 *** 0.268
Reciprocity 1.955 0.042 46.08 *** 0.214 1.953 0.043 45.66 *** 0.215
Transitive triplets 0.336 0.014 24.44 *** 0.070 0.335 0.014 24.00 *** 0.071
3-cycles −0.410 0.016 −25.64 *** 0.073 −0.409 0.016 −25.22 *** 0.075
Balance 0.100 0.100
Indegree - popularity (square root) 0.178 0.010 18.49 *** 0.046 0.179 0.009 18.93 *** 0.045
Merger ego −0.738 0.106 −6.94 *** 0.305 −0.740 0.106 −6.95 *** 0.305
Transition ego −0.229 0.043 −5.28 *** 0.202 −0.228 0.044 −5.23 *** 0.204
Selection parameters
Alter effects: Who is more often named as a friend?
Parental knowledge −0.008 0.004 −1.81 0.009 −0.008 0.004 −1.85 0.008
Drinking 0.086 0.010 8.47 *** 0.023 0.083 0.010 8.71 *** 0.015
Sex 0.015 0.007 1.97 0.021 0.016 0.007 2.25 * 0.019
Race −0.074 0.011 −6.71 *** 0.045 −0.074 0.011 −6.71 *** 0.045
Ego effects: Who names more friends?
Parental knowledge 0.039 0.007 5.17 *** 0.038 0.039 0.007 5.28 *** 0.038
Drinking −0.008 0.020 −0.42 0.082 −0.015 0.019 −0.77 0.077
Sex −0.133 0.018 −7.53 *** 0.083 −0.133 0.018 −7.52 *** 0.085
Race −0.055 0.015 −3.70 ** 0.056 −0.056 0.015 −3.68 ** 0.059
Similarity effects: Choosing friends similar to oneself
Parental knowledge 0.196 0.027 7.40 *** 0.106 0.199 0.027 7.40 *** 0.103
Drinking 0.290 0.022 13.22 *** 0.007 0.281 0.021 13.27 *** 0.007
Sex 0.722 0.024 30.17 *** 0.128 0.723 0.024 30.22 *** 0.128
Race 0.178 0.024 7.50 *** 0.115 0.178 0.024 7.52 *** 0.115
Behavioral parameters: Influence on Drinking
Friends’ attributes
Mean Parental knowledge −0.410 0.054 −7.62 *** 0.019 −0.221 0.064 −3.45 ** 0.015
Drinking mean similarity 1.186 0.102 11.69 *** 0.021
Control variables (individual level)
Parental knowledge −0.116 0.013 −8.94 *** 0.007 −0.115 0.013 −8.77 *** 0.005
Sex −0.169 0.019 −8.68 *** 0.029 −0.155 0.016 −9.60 *** 0.003
Race −0.013 0.026 −0.50 0.053 −0.005 0.026 −0.18 0.048
Both Biological Parents −0.037 0.018 −2.02 0.012 −0.040 0.019 −2.09 * 0.018
School Adjustment & Bonding −0.183 0.011 −16.03 *** 0.005 −0.181 0.012 −14.98 *** 0.005
Risk & Sensation Seeking 0.141 0.010 13.72 *** 0.027 0.139 0.010 14.19 *** 0.004
***

p < .001.

**

p < .01.

*

p < .05.

p < .10.

All values are means across 48 networks, with a total N of 43,299 person/waves

a

Models also include rate and shape parameters (estimates available in the supplementary materials)