Table 3.

Multiple linear regression models of proportion of alters with health behaviors by ego’s with same health behaviors adjusting for demographics

Demographic Characteristic	Model 1 Smoking Altersb			Model 2 Overweight Altersb			Model 3 Physically Inactive Altersb
	Coefficient	P-value	% Variance explained	Coefficient	P-value	% Variance explained	Coefficient	P-value	% Variance explained
Male	.001	.992	.0001	−.028	.745	.084	−.109	.201	1.44
African American	.018	.346	.09	−.244	.001	10.18	−.104	.136	1.96
Age	.001	.464	.016	−.005	.146	1.74	−.003	.388	.656
Education	−.007	.369	.624	.009	.374	.64	−.002	.862	.026
Ego’s Health Behaviora	.300	<.001	14.90	.152	.074	2.62	.163	.022	4.71

^aEgo refers to respondent;

^bAlters refers to egos’ social ties.