Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics for the Wellness Network and for Ego Characteristics of the Wellness Network (months 4–6; n = 55 intervention participants)

Frequency of talking	Month 4		Month 5		Month 6
	N or Mean	% or SD	N or Mean	% or SD	N or Mean	% or SD
Overall characteristics
Total number of ties	863		927		879
Number of “sometimes” tiesa	145	16.8	153	16.5	147	16.7
Number of “very often” tiesb	17	2.0	29	3.1	18	2.1
Network density	0.334		0.335		0.329
Average path length	1.01		1.49		1.03
Ego characteristics
Total number of egos	55		55		55
Degree centrality, unweighted	19.1	5.7	19.4	5.7	19.2	5.7
Number of “sometimes” or “very often” tiesc	3.7	2.5	4.1	2.8	3.7	2.5
Number of “very often” tiesb	0.55	0.98	0.80	1.4	0.56	1.0

Note: ^aFrequency of talking in the past week was reported as “sometimes” for these ties.

^bFrequency of talking in the past week was reported as “very often” for these ties.

^cFrequency of talking in the past week was reported as “sometimes” or “very often” for these ties.