. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2017 Oct 31;83(1):111–142. doi: 10.1177/0003122417737951

Table A2.

Alter Descriptors, Percentages by Cohort (Weighted)

	21- to 30-Year-Olds (n = 5,022 alters)	50- to 70-Year-Olds (n = 6,613 alters)
Alter Descriptors
Female (for non-kin)	32.6	35.9^***
Same age	62.5	44.4^***
Older	33.0	13.3^***
Met in past year	15.5	5.4^***
Emotionally close	45.0	46.3
Share household	13.0	9.9^***
Live within five min.	20.8	22.3^*
Live over one hour away	30.3	21.9^***
Same religion	49.2	45.9^***
Same race	65.9	71.7^***
Different political opinion	22.9	18.1^***

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001 (two-tailed tests) for differences between cohorts.