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Table 4. Network type, self-management, network work and well-being: Multivariable logistic regressions.

		Self-management				Network work						Well-being
		Skills		Self-monitoring		Information		Emotional		Practical		MCS (SF-12)		Happiness
Variables	Categories	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Network type	(Restricted)
	Minimal family	1.19	.93–1.53	1.56^*	1.01–2.39	1.65^***	1.28–2.13	9.22^***	6.79–12.51	6.22^***	4.61–8.38	.88	.67–1.15	1.00	.76–1.31
	Family	1.10	.70–1.73	.65	.31–1.40	1.18	.73–1.89	14.18^***	7.00–28.75	14.00^***	7.75–25.29	1.45	.89–2.38	1.57	.94–2.65
	Weak ties	1.40	.69–2.87	4.01	.53–31.42	1.49	.73–3.05	46.57^***	10.27–211.12	7.40^***	3.22–17.00	2.08	.89–4.89	.70	.32–1.56
	Diverse	1.98^*	1.10–3.56	1.78	.49–6.4	1.07	.62–1.86	11.01^***	4.14–29.34	4.44^***	2.35–8.37	.91	.51–1.62	1.06	.58–1.95
Age	(Up to 59)
	60–74	1.65^***	1.27–2.14	1.15	.96–2.39	1.10	.84–1.5	1.22	.86–1.69	1.21	.90–1.63	1.77^***	1.33–2.34	1.37^*	1.03–1.82
	75 and over	1.01	.77–1.45	.95	.57–1.58	.98	.71–1.37	1.03	.70–1.52	1.09	.76–1.57	2.00^***	1.42–2.83	1.28	.90–1.80
Gender	(Men)
	Women	1.24	1.00–1.54	1.43	.99–2.06	.94	.74–1.18	1.35^*	1.03–1.76	.44^***	.34-.57	.75^*	.60–100	.90	.71–1.15
Country	(Bulgaria)
	Greece	1.52^*	1.03–2.25	2.81^**	1.51–5.23	.21^***	.14-.33	.14^***	.08-.22	.05^***	.03-.08	.58^*	.38-.90	2.41^***	1.59–3.64
	Netherlands	3.11^***	1.89–5.12	2.20	.97–5.00	2.16^**	1.27–3.67	1.19	.84–3.92	.81	.40–1.65	3.75^***	2.16–6.52	14.79^***	8.30–26.35
	Norway	3.35^***	2.30–4.89	3.32^***	1.69–6.53	.61^**	.42-.89	.32^***	.20-.52	.08^***	.05-.13	2.16^***	1.46–3.20	.43^***	.28-.66
	Spain	2.90^***	1.89–4.45	2.88^**	1.52–5.45	1.30	.84–2.01	.72	.43–1.21	.29^***	.17-.50	2.81^***	1.77–4.47	7.21^***	4.54–11.44
	United Kingdom	3.63^***	2.45–5.37	4.87^***	2.35-10-12	1.22	.82–1.81	.31^***	.19-.52	.21^***	.13-.36	2.63^***	1.77–3.98	6.38^***	4.23–9.61
*Network members*	(No network members)
	1 to 3	.89	.60–1.33	1.01	.54–2.14	5.80^***	3.65–9.23	12.95^***	6.42–26.14	14.56^***	7.92–26.75	2.19^**	1.39–3.44	1.23	.78–1.93
	4 or more	1.14	.70–1.86	1.76	.72–4.29	22.22^***	12.68–38.95	53.49^***	24.07–118.87	16.87^***	8.55–33.30	1.74^*	1.02–2.96	1.21	.71–2.06
Education	(No education)
	Primary school	1.81	.96–3.42	1.97	.94–4.15	.77	.40–1.48	1.09	.51–2.35	.57	.26–1.25	1.21	.60–2.44	1.55	.82–2.92
	Secondary school	1.73	.88–3.41	2.28	.99–5.28	1.17	.59–2.34	1.58	.70–3.55	.78	.34–1.78	1.72	.81–3.64	1.96	.99–3.91
	College	2.45^*	1.23–4.87	3.94^**	1.64–9.46	1.24	.62–2.51	1.94	.85–4.45	.81	.35–1.88	2.21^*	1.03–4.73	1.97	.98–3.97
	University	3.11^**	1.51–6.40	9.38^***	2.96–29.75	.92	.44–1.91	1.51	.64–3.60	.62	.26–1.49	1.65	.75–3.64	2.00	.96–4.18
Parents	(Born in country)
	Not born in country	.87	.60–1.25	.68	.36–1.26	.64^*	.43-.96	.58^*	.37-.91	1.02	.68–1.52	.56^**	.38-.83	.58^**	.39-.87
Income	(Lower)
	About average	1.18	.89–1.56	1.26	.76–2.10	.93	.69–1.26	1.21	.85–1.72	.69^*	.50-.95	1.11	.81–1.16	1.32	.96–1.81
	Higher	1.57^**	1.15–2.14	1.49	.83–2.66	1.11	.81–1.53	.85	.59–1.24	.79	.55–1.11	1.46^*	1.05–2.04	1.35	.96–1.88
Health	(Poor health)
	Good health	1.71^***	1.38–2.14	1.90^**	1.28–2.84	1.12	.88–1.41	1.00	.77–1.33	.79	.61–1.02	4.75^***	3.75–6.02	2.80^***	2.19–3.56
Comorbidities	(No comorbidities)
	1 or 2	.77	.56–1.05	1.51	.88–2.58	.88	.64–1.21	.98	.67–1.43	1.11	.78–1.58	.97	.70–1.36	.75	.54–1.05
	3 or more	.87	.61–1.25	1.24	.69–2.22	1.20	.83–1.41	1.38	.89–2.12	1.16	.77–1.73	.71	.49–1.05	.68^*	.46–1.00

***p <.001,

**p <.01,

*p <.05