Table 3.
Multinomial Logistic Regressions of the Friendship Network and Demographic Variables on the Patterns of Reciprocal Support with Friends among African Americans
| Baseline Models | Models with Friendship Variables | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Variables |
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 |
| Both Gave and Received Support |
Received Support Only |
Gave Support Only | Both Gave and Received Support |
Received Support Only |
Gave Support Only | |
| RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | RRR(95% C.I.) | |
| Age | 0.99(0.98,1.01) | 1.01(0.98,1.05) | 1.00(0.98,1.01) | 0.98**(0.97,0.99) | 1.01(0.97,1.04) | 0.99(0.97,1.01) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 1.06(0.73,1.54) | 0.81(0.28,2.39) | 1.49(0.84,2.64) | 0.80(0.54,1.20) | 0.75(0.26,2.11) | 1.33(0.77,2.29) |
| Education | 1.07*(1.00,1.14) | 0.97(0.83,1.12) | 0.99(0.92,1.07) | 1.02(0.97,1.08) | .95(0.82,1.09) | 0.97(0.90,1.05) |
| Household Income | 1.04*(1.00,1.07) | 0.81**(0.70,0.94) | 0.99(0.94,1.05) | 1.02(0.99,1.05) | 0.81**(0.70,0.94) | 0.98(0.93,1.03) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 0.61*(0.41,0.91) | 1.16(0.38,3.51) | 0.92(0.52,1.63) | 0.70(0.46,1.08) | 1.21(0.41,3.55) | 0.96(0.55,1.68) |
| Parent | 0.57(0.31,1.05) | UN | 0.77(0.38,1.54) | 0.66(0.37,1.15) | UN | 0.77(0.41,1.43) |
| Friend Contact | -- -- | -- -- | -- -- | 1.59***(1.44,1.76) | 1.12(0.83,1.52) | 1.16*(1.02,1.33) |
| Friend Closeness | -- -- | -- -- | -- -- | 3.69***(2.81,4.83) | 2.31*(1.18,4.53) | 1.84**(1.28,2.67) |
| F | 197.72 | 189.13 | ||||
| df | 34 | 34 | ||||
| N | 3239 | 3236 | ||||
*
p<.05
**
p< .01
***
p<.001
Comparison group for each model is ‘Never Receive Support and Never Give Support to Friends’
RRR=Relative Risk Ratio
CI=Confidence Interval
UN=Unstable due to the small n in this category.