Table 3.

Background Characteristics, Self-Rated Health, and Depressive Symptoms by Network Types

Variables	The total sample (N = 1,092)	Social network types						Test statistic and group comparisona
		Cluster 1: diverse (n = 320)	Cluster 2: unmarried/ diverse (n = 85)	Cluster 3: married/ coresidence (n =388)	Cluster 4: family focused (n = 99)	Cluster 5: unmarried/ restricted (n = 95)	Cluster 6: restricted (n = 105)
Gender (%)
Male	44.0	37.5	17.6	55.2	35.4	26.3	68.6	χ2 = 89.8***
Female	56.0	62.5	82.4	44.8	64.6	73.7	31.4
Education (%)
<High school	30.0	28.9	36.1	21.0	46.5	50.5	26.9	χ2 = 49.0***
≥High school	70.0	71.1	63.9	79.0	53.5	49.5	73.1
Age, M (SD)b	70.73 (7.18)	70.41 (6.94)	72.81 (8.15) [3]	69.81 (6.25) [2]	71.25 (6.96)	72.11 (9.0)	71.63 (8.09)	F = 4.0**
Number of years in the United States, M (SD)	26.62 (11.27)	26.72 (10.96)	28.85 (8.72)	25.80 (12.41)	24.46 (11.27)	26.91 (10.05)	27.22 (10.35)	F = 1.8
Acculturation, M (SD)	13.85 (7.21)	14.43 (7.29) [4]	13.89 (7.58)	14.51 (7.06) [4]	11.18 (6.86) [1, 3]	13.04 (6.73)	12.89 (7.36)	F = 4.47***
Location (%)
Florida	61.5	67.2	45.9	64.4	70.7	46.3	51.4	χ2 = 31.8***
New York	38.5	32.8	54.1	35.6	29.3	53.7	48.6
Health/mental health
Self-rated health,c M (SD)b	2.58 (0.85)	2.73 (0.81) [4, 5]	2.46 (0.87)	2.65 (0.84) [4, 5]	2.30 (0.81) [1, 3]	2.29 (0.87) [1, 3]	2.47 (0.86)	F = 7.6*
Depressive symptoms,c M (SD)b	8.02 (4.82)	6.81 (4.32) [2, 4, 5, 6]	8.65 (4.84) [1]	7.66 (4.59) [1]	8.80 (5.0) [1]	10.28 (4.63) [1, 3]	9.75 (5.77) [1, 3]	F = 12.5***

Notes. ^aStatistically different groups in the post hoc Tukey comparison at p < .05 are listed in brackets under mean values.

^bThe highest mean value is presented in bold and the lowest mean value is italicized.

^cMeasurement ranges: self-rated health (1 = poor; 4 = excellent), depressive symptoms (0 = no depressive symptoms; 30 = severe depressive symptoms).

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.