Table 5.
Multilevel Results Predicting the Log-Odds an Alter Would Be Named a Difficult Engaged-in-Exchange Tie with Interactions between Providing Support to Alter and Role Relationship: Coefficients (Odds Ratios in Parentheses), by Cohort (Weighted)
| 21- to 30-Year-Olds | 50- to 70-Year-Olds | |
|---|---|---|
| Providing support to alter | 1.120*** (3.034) |
1.414*** (4.111) |
| Kin | ||
| x wife | 1.836*** (6.274) |
–.437 (.646) |
| x husband | .727 (2.069) |
–.438 (.645) |
| x female romantic partner | .483 (2.198) |
1.283 (3.607) |
| x male romantic partner | .788 (1.621) |
–.713 (.490) |
| x mother | .688 (1.989) |
1.243** (3.465) |
| x father | –.444 (.641) |
1.313* (3.717) |
| x daughter | .535 (1.708) |
|
| x son | .788** (2.199) |
|
| x sister | 1.708*** (5.520) |
–.089 (.915) |
| x brother | .378 (1.460) |
–.539 (.583) |
| Non-kin | ||
| x housemate | –.399 (.712) |
.274 (1.315) |
| x neighbor | –.055 (.946) |
–.408 (.665) |
| x workmate | –.072 (.931) |
.009 (1.009) |
| x schoolmate | .364 (1.439) |
–1.048 (.351) |
| x churchmate | –.856 (.425) |
.601 (1.824) |
| x friend | .020 (1.021) |
–.257 (.773) |
| x acquaintance | 1.250* (3.492) |
–.025 (.976) |
Note: Controlling for alter descriptors and social exchange variables at the alter-level and for sociodemographic variables, network size, and proportion of kin in network at the person-level.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001 (two-tailed tests).