Table 4.

Regression models using gender to predict change in social networks (weighted)

Dependent variable	B (SE)	Beta	IRR (SE)
Social network size change	0.171 (0.050)	0.048***
Proportion kin change	− 2.219 (1.038)	− 0.033*
Contact frequency change	0.013 (0.042)	0.005
Emotional closeness change	0.001 (0.024)	0.001
Lost confidants			0.956 (0.029)
New confidants			1.083* (0.037)

N = 13,938; gender used as the predictor (men = 0, women = 1); controlled for age, education, marital status, financial adequacy, cognition score, depressive symptoms, quality of life, self-perceived health, mobility limitations, country and baseline dependent variable (baseline social network size in the Poisson models)

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001