Table 3:
Multi-level models: Age and closeness predicting network composition a
| Spouse/Partner | Children | Siblings | Other Family | Friends | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSEd 1980 |
SRe 2005 |
SSEd 1980 |
SRe 2005 |
SSEd 1980 |
SRe 2005 |
SSEd 1980 |
SRe 2005 |
SSEd 1980 |
SRe 2005 |
|
| b (SE) |
b (SE) |
b (SE) |
b (SE) |
b (SE) |
b (SE) |
b (SE) |
b (SE) |
b (SE) |
b (SE) |
|
| Main Effects | ||||||||||
| Age | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.03 | −0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.00 |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| p-value | .024 | .010 | .121 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .024 | .548 | .940 |
| Inner (0) v Middle (1) b | −3.78 (0.32) |
−2.76 (0.24) |
−2.04 (0.10) |
−2.02 (0.10) |
1.35 (0.11) |
1.18 (0.11) |
1.36 (0.09) |
1.15 (0.11) |
2.47 (0.15) |
2.91 (0.17) |
| p-value | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Inner (0) v Outer (1) b | −4.44 (0.71) |
−4.04 (0.71) |
−4.00 (0.22) |
−3.21 (0.19) |
0.68 (0.15) |
0.57 (0.15) |
1.19 (0.13) |
1.27 (0.15) |
4.85 (0.22) |
4.29 (0.21) |
| p-value | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| -2 Log Likelihood | 2132.8 | 1893.6 | 5181.6 | 4050.4 | 3973.5 | 3480.8 | 5273.2 | 3503.6 | 3486.07 | 2729.9 |
| Interaction Effects | ||||||||||
| Inner (0) v Middle (1) x | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.00 | 0.03 | −0.03 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.00 | −0.01 | 0.02 |
| Age b | (0.04) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) |
| p-value | .325 | .594 | .593 | .003 | .005 | .270 | .604 | .785 | .693 | .126 |
| Inner (0) v Outer (1) x | −0.63 | −0.04 | 0.06 | −0.00 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.00 | 0.03 |
| Age b | (0.47) | (0.07) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) |
| p-value | .179 | .552 | .008 | .958 | .021 | .327 | .508 | .206 | .850 | .056 |
| -2 Log Likelihood | 2125.2 | 1893.0 | 5173.2 | 4040.9 | 3964.3 | 3479.2 | 5271.9 | 3501.2 | 3485.91 | 2726.0 |
| Δ −2 Log Likelihood | 7.5* | 0.6 | 8.4* | 9.5** | 9 2** | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.16 | 3.9 |
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001
a
All models except spouse/partner include controls for gender, marital status, education, and race/ethnicity. Spouse/partner models include controls for gender, education, and race/ethnicity only due to marital status being a perfect predictor of spouse/partner.
b
Inner circle is reference
c
Middle circle is reference
d
Social Supports of the Elderly
e
Social Relations Study