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The frequency of each type of social support message provided by each group.
| Group | Social support messages by type (N=259), n (%) | ||||
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Network | Emotional | Information | Esteem | Total |
| 1 | 56 (73.7) | 10 (13.2) | 3 (3.9) | 7 (9.2) | 76 (29.3) |
| 2 | 33 (62.3) | 5 (9.4) | 14 (26.4) | 1 (1.9) | 53 (20.5) |
| 3 | 35 (48.6) | 18 (25.0) | 11 (15.3) | 8 (11.1) | 72 (27.8) |
| 4 | 48 (82.7) | 7 (12.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (5.2) | 58 (22.4) |
| Total | 172 (66.4) | 40 (15.4) | 28 (10.8) | 19 (7.4) | 259 (100) |
