Table 2.

Associations with education network assortativity

	Year 1 OLS coeff.	Years 1–3 MLM coeff.
Key independent variables
Educational attainment (ref: college)
<HS	−0.067*	−0.012
	(−0.128, −0.006)	(−0.030, 0.006)
HS	−0.001	−0.015*
	(−0.024, 0.021)	(−0.028, −0.001)
Some college	−0.033***	−0.006
	(−0.047, −0.018)	(−0.017, 0.004)
Postgraduate	0.016*	0.023***
	(0.004, 0.029)	(0.011, 0.035)
Network covariates
Number of alters	0.032***	0.033***
	(0.028, 0.036)	(0.031, 0.035)
Personal network density	0.055**	0.040***
	(0.018, 0.092)	(0.018, 0.062)
Average closeness to alters	0.008	0.005
	(−0.001, 0.018)	(−0.000, 0.011)
Average liking of alters	−0.007	0.000
	(−0.018, 0.004)	(−0.007, 0.006)
Socio–demographic covariates
Male (ref: female)	0.005	0.005
	(−0.005, 0.016)	(−0.003, 0.013)
Age	0.000	−0.001***
	(−0.001, 0.000)	(−0.001, −0.000)
Race (ref: White)
Black	−0.017	−0.014
	(−0.044, 0.010)	(−0.033, 0.006)
Asian	0.013	0.022
	(−0.043, 0.069)	(−0.018, 0.062)
Other race	−0.003	0.008
	(−0.046, 0.041)	(−0.024, 0.039)
Multiracial	−0.006	0.001
	(−0.032, 0.020)	(−0.018, 0.020)
Hispanic	−0.018	−0.023**
	(−0.043, 0.006)	(−0.041, −0.006)
Subjective social status	0.001	0.001
	(−0.003, 0.004)	(−0.001, 0.003)
N (observations)	–	21,795
N groups (egos)	7,308	9,090
AIC	−1,218.1	−4,418.1
BIC	−956.0	−4,074.6

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001.

Note: Both models adjust for covariates shown above, as well as categorical measures for region, marital status, household asset tiers, income tiers, and employment status. Multilevel model includes a continuous time measure.