Table 4.
Determination of factors influence network size of Iranian population derived from ratio and regression based methods
| Variable | Ratio based | Regression based | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SE | P-value | Mean | SE | P-value | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 344.72 | 6.28 | <0.001 | 422.4 | 7.22 | <0.001 |
| Female | 274.47 | 4.06 | 341.76 | 4.63 | ||
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Single | 335.69 | 6.26 | <0.001 | 397.82 | 6.82 | <0.001 |
| Married | 291.68 | 4.7 | 373.83 | 5.68 | ||
| Divorce/widow | 255.62 | 17.19 | 314.78 | 18.04 | ||
| Age | ||||||
| 18-25 | 330.78 | 6.3 | <0.001 | 388.36 | 6.78 | <0.001 |
| 25-40 | 306.53 | 5.76 | 390.42 | 6.87 | ||
| >40 | 260.95 | 6.94 | 338.9 | 8.66 | ||
| Education | ||||||
| <12 years | 283.51 | 4.46 | <0.001 | 351.83 | 5.15 | <0.001 |
| 12-16 years | 339.27 | 6.5 | 414.71 | 7.36 | ||
| >16 years | 353.46 | 20.89 | 448.21 | 24.63 | ||