Table 6:

Friends and Health Benefits

	Friends Benefit				Health Benefit
	Absent	Present	#	X2	Absent	Present	#	X2
Gender
Men	84	47	131	0.051	67	44	131	0.102
	64.1%	35.9%			66.4%	33.6%
Women	31	16	47		30	17	47
	66.0%	34.0%			63.8%	36.2%
Minority Status
Non-white	76	45	121	0.534	81	40	121	0.246
or Hispanic	62.8%	37.2%			66.9%	33.1%
Non-	39	18	57		36	21	57
Hispanic	68.4%	31.6%			63.2%	36.8%
White
Ethnicity
Hispanic or	19	19	38	4.508*	20	18	38	3.680
Latino	50.0%	50.0%			52.6%	47.4%
Non-	96	44	140		97	43	140
Hispanic	68.6%	31.4%			69.3%	30.7%
Education
High School	37	12	49	3.515	35	14	49	0.975
or Less	75.5%	24.5%			71.4%	28.6%
More than	78	51	129		82	47	129
HS	60.5%	39.5%			63.6%	36.4%
Full-Time
Not Full-	81	52	133	3.157	82	51	133	3.881*
Time	60.9%	39.1%			61.7%	38.3%
Full-Time	34	11	45		35	10	45
Employment	75.6%	24.4%			77.8%	22.2%
Age
Less than 50	100	52	152	0.637	106	46	152	7.416**
	65.8%	34.2%			69.7%	30.3%
50 or Older	15	11	26		11	15	26
	57.7%	42.3%			42.3%	57.7%
Trial
Participation
Less than 6	70	22	92	10.975**	67	25	92	4.258*
Trials	76.1%	23.9%			72.8%	27.2%
6 or More	45	41	86		50	36	86
Trials	52.3%	47.7%			58.1%	41.9%