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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2019 Jun 10;34(6):751–765. doi: 10.1037/pag0000369

Table 2.

Bivariate correlations among the variables of interest at baseline expressed as Pearson’s r unless otherwise noted

	Social network structure					Relationship quality
	Marital status^a		Contact frequency			Support				Strain
	Marital status^a	Size	Children	Family	Friends	Spouse	Children	Family	Friends	Spouse	Children	Family	Friends
Social network structure

Marital status
Network size	−.02^*
Contact – children	.02	.14^**
Contact – family	−.04^**	.20^**	.44^**
Contact – friends	−.06^**	.14^**	.36^**	.32^**

Relationship quality

Support – spouse	-	.08^**	.07^**	.03^*	.06^**
Support – children	−.09^**	.24^**	.37^**	.19^**	.08^**	.21^**
Support – family	−.10^**	.25^**	.15^**	.48^**	.08^**	.11^**	.40^**
Support – friends	−.11^**	.17^**	.12^**	.14^**	.39^**	.09^**	.25^**	.29^**
Strain – spouse	-	−.06^**	−.03^*	−.02	−.02^*	−.50^**	−.15^**	−.09^**	−.06^**
Strain – children	.02	−.12^**	−.09^**	−.04^**	−.02^*	−.15^**	−.40	−.16^**	−.05^**	.36^**
Strain – family	.00	−.07^**	−.04^**	.01	.01	−.14^**	−.21^**	−.20^**	−.02	.29^**	.51^**
Strain – friends	−.02	−.02	−.06^**	.01	.03^*	−.14^**	−.15^**	−.07^**	−.09^**	.27^**	.40^**	.47^**

Memory	.11^**	−.06^**	.14^**	.05^**	.20^**	.05^**	−.03^**	−.05^**	.09^**	−.03^*	.02^*	.00	−.04^**

^a

Correlations expressed as Spearman’s rho

^*

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.001