Table 4. Comparing the average social network size in the underlying subpopulations .

Variable	Variable states	C mean (SE)	Crude p-value	Adjusted p-value
Gender	Male	338.08 (10.5)	<0.001	<0.001
	Female	278.6 (9.4)
Age (year)	18-24	300.6 (11.1)	0.402	-
	25-39	319.1 (10.5)
	>40	291.7 (18.9)
Education	Illiterate/ Elementary	221.3 (11/7)	<0.001	<0.001
	Secondary school	301.9 (11.0)
	High school diploma through bachelor's degree	354.8 (11.8)
	Above bachelor's degree	362.4 (129.5)
Marital status	Single	331.5 (14.8)	0.014	0.823
	Married	301.6 (8.1)
	Divorced/ Widowed	198.7 (37.3)
Occupation	Employee	467.7(41.7)	0.003	0.642
	Service provider	293.4 (9.7)
	University student	335.7 (23.3)
	Homemaker	260.9 (9.9)
	Unemployed/ Military service member	363.3 (23.6)
	Retired	353.5 (45.7)
Place of residence	City	281.76 (29.9)	<0.001	<0.001
	Village	334.73 (10.71)