Table 2.

Proportion of egos’ network that engages in unhealthy behaviors

Health Behaviors of Egoa	Mean Proportion of Network with Unhealthy Behaviors	SD	N	P-value
Inner Circleb
Smoker	.45	.34	21	.001
Non-smoker	.15	.02	95
Overweight	.41	.38	90	.04
Not Overweight	.25	.31	23
Regularly Active	.33	.41	41	.01
Physically Inactive	.52	.31	70
Middle Circlec
Smoker	.33	.32	14	.18
Non-smoker	.20	.33	77
Overweight	.35	.36	70	.15
Not Overweight	.22	.32	20
Regularly Active	.57	.38	30	.82
Physically Inactive	.59	.38	58

^aEgo refers to respondent;

^bThe inner circle was based on social ties (alters) that egos felt closest to.

^cThe middle circle was based on alters that egos felt comfortable with but not as close.