Table 3.
Structural characteristics of the personal networks of male and female caregivers.
| Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Standard Deviation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | p-Value | M | F | |
| (n = 25) | (n = 25) | (n = 25) | (n = 25) | (n = 25) | (n = 25) | (n = 25) | (n = 25) | ||
| Density | 0.307 | 0.330 | 1 | 0.997 | 0.62756 | 0.59232 | 0.500 | 0.211688 | 0.149511 |
| Degree_Mean | 7.36 | 7.92 | 24.00 | 23.92 | 15.06 | 14.21 | 0.500 | 5.08 | 3.59 |
| Betweenness_Mean | 0.00 | 0.04 | 12.92 | 8.40 | 4.94 | 4.90 | 0.961 | 3.32 | 1.76 |
| No. of cliques | 1.00 | 2.00 | 33.00 | 21.00 | 11.92 | 11.08 | 0.667 | 8.42 | 4.86 |
| No. of components | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| No. of isolates | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.646 | 0.28 | 0.33 |
Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; T, test for independent samples; significance, p < 0.05.