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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Field methods. 2019 Jul 14;31(3):195–213. doi: 10.1177/1525822X19861321

Table 1.

Average number of Alters Named by Type, by Mode.

Face-to-Face
(n=647)
Web
(n=222)


mean SD Mean SD Diff. Test

Total N of unique alters 9.9 4.3 11.1 4.5 1.2 **
Mn. N of alters per name-elicit. Questiona 2.9 1.3 3.5 1.2 0.6 ***
N listed in household 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.1
N kin (excl. spouse) 3.2 2.4 3.4 2.5 0.2
N nonkin (excl. partner) 6.0 3.8 7.1 4.2 1.1 **

Notes:

**

Mode effects significant at p<. 01,

***

p< .001 based on two-way ANOVA with cohort as a crossed factor.

a

Questions listed in Supplement Part B.