Table 3.
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) pairwise comparisons between age groups by network diversity and core network size outcomes.
| Age Group | Network Diversity | Core network size | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ties (avg.) | Kin (%) | Friends (%) | Acquaintances (%) | No Ties (%) | Ties (avg.) | Kin (%) | Friends (%) | Acquaintances (%) | No Ties (%) | ||
| All ages | 4.33 | 25.75 | 27.95 | 39.56 | 5.96 | 2.34 | 36.95 | 43.60 | 8.52 | 10.84 | |
| 1 | 25–34 years | 4.425, 6 | 24.90 | 40.153,4,5,6 | 31.273,4,5,6 | 3.435,6 | 2.653,4,5,6 | 40.725 | 52.464,5,6 | 3.393,4,5,6 | 3.434,5,6 |
| 2 | 35–44 years | 4.695,6 | 23.38 | 34.803,4,5,6 | 37.634 | 3.945,6 | 2.604,5,6 | 39.42 | 49.385,6 | 7.91 | 3.284,5,6 |
| 3 | 45–54 years | 4.625,6 | 24.34 | 28.31,2,4,5,6 | 43.391 | 3.475,6 | 2.411,5,6 | 36.16 | 47.205,6 | 8.331 | 8.305,6 |
| 4 | 55–64 years | 4.665,6 | 27.28 | 22.241,2,3 | 44.241,2 | 5.93 | 2.321,2,6 | 38.35 | 42.551,6 | 9.221 | 9.631,2,5,6 |
| 5 | 65–74 years | 3.871,2,3,4 | 27.12 | 22.331,2,3,6 | 39.181 | 10.161,2,3 | 2.121,2,3,6 | 32.261 | 38.801,2,3,6 | 11.361 | 17.581,2,3,4,6 |
| 6 | 75 years + | 3.341,2,3,4 | 29.32 | 15.831,2,3,5 | 41.041 | 10.531,2,3 | 1.631,2,3,4,5 | 35.53 | 21.781,2,3,4,5 | 11.111 | 31.141,2,3,4,5 |
| df | 5, 2489 | 5, 2489 | 5, 2489 | 5, 2489 | 5, 2489 | 5, 2489 | 5, 2489 | 5, 2489 | |||
| F statistic | 17.87⁎⁎⁎ | 2.16 | 36.78⁎⁎⁎ | 8.96⁎⁎⁎ | 37.92⁎⁎⁎ | 41.41⁎⁎⁎ | 2.73⁎ | 22.21⁎⁎⁎ | 6.01⁎⁎⁎ | 173.82⁎⁎⁎ | |
**p<0.01.
*p<0.05.
***p<0.001.