Table 2.
Poisson Regressions of Number of Close Network Ties and Close Network Turnover, Incidence-Rate Ratios.
| Variables | (1)a |
(2)a |
(3)b |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Ties | New Ties | Ties Lost | |
| Change in census tract–level concentrated disadvantage | 0.906** (0.030) | 0.826** (0.057) | 1.052 (0.060) |
| Census tract–level concentrated disadvantage-W1 | 0.968 (0.025) | 0.949 (0.053) | 1.011 (0.044) |
| Census tract located in an MSA | 1.005 (0.023) | 0.989 (0.063) | 0.979 (0.040) |
| Census tract–level logged population density-W1 | 0.999 (0.006) | 0.991 (0.017) | 0.995 (0.010) |
| Census tract–level residential instability-W1 | 1.023 (0.096) | 1.188 (0.256) | 1.095 (0.175) |
| Number of years lived in local area-W1 | 1.000 (0.001) | 0.998 (0.001) | 0.999 (0.001) |
| Women (ref. men) | 1.068*** (0.020) | 1.087^ (0.052) | 0.972 (0.032) |
| Age/10-W1 | 0.978 (0.014) | 1.028 (0.035) | 1.054* (0.023) |
| African American (ref. White) | 0.977 (0.036) | 1.139^ (0.082) | 1.153* (0.065) |
| Latino | 1.030 (0.033) | 1.148 (0.104) | 1.005 (0.063) |
| Other race/ethnicity | 1.040 (0.060) | 1.273* (0.140) | 1.157 (0.127) |
| Living with a partner-W1 (ref. married) | 0.953 (0.081) | 0.778 (0.128) | 0.966 (0.118) |
| Separated | 0.986 (0.090) | 1.136 (0.300) | 1.137 (0.178) |
| Divorced | 0.960 (0.032) | 1.010 (0.077) | 1.099^ (0.054) |
| Widowed | 0.971 (0.024) | 0.936 (0.055) | 1.020 (0.043) |
| Never married | 0.971 (0.056) | 0.877 (0.098) | 0.888 (0.075) |
| High school diploma (ref. no high school diploma) | 1.069* (0.030) | 0.994 (0.063) | 0.900** (0.031) |
| University degree | 1.040 (0.034) | 0.874^ (0.066) | 0.879** (0.038) |
| Retired-W1 (ref. working for pay) | 1.025 (0.021) | 0.917^ (0.046) | 0.920* (0.033) |
| Not working for reasons other than retirement | 0.913** (0.031) | 0.787** (0.062) | 1.035 (0.053) |
| Logged total household assets-W1 | 1.007 (0.006) | 1.012 (0.014) | 1.000 (0.009) |
| Higher physical health-W1 (1–5) | 1.005 (0.011) | 0.993 (0.024) | 0.987 (0.015) |
| Functional health problems-W1 (0–3) | 1.024 (0.043) | 1.008 (0.094) | 0.978 (0.069) |
| Depressive symptoms-W1 | 1.000 (0.025) | 1.022 (0.062) | 1.041 (0.038) |
| Proportion of network composed of relatives-W1 | 0.940^ (0.033) | 0.536*** (0.043) | 0.624*** (0.037) |
| Average frequency of contact with network members-W1 (1–8) | 1.029* (0.013) | 0.947^ (0.027) | 0.891*** (0.019) |
| Average closeness with network members-W1 (1–4) | 1.021 (0.022) | 0.890* (0.044) | 0.851*** (0.029) |
| Attends religious services about once per month-W1 (ref. once or more per week) | 1.014 (0.029) | 0.948 (0.065) | 0.987 (0.046) |
| Less than once per year to several times per year | 0.982 (0.022) | 0.842** (0.046) | 0.895** (0.034) |
| Never | 0.925** (0.027) | 0.770*** (0.053) | 0.918^ (0.044) |
| Constant | 2.441*** (0.474) | 3.347** (1.492) | 1.701^ (0.496) |
| Number of respondents | 1,776 | 1,776 | 1,776 |
Note. Robust standard errors (exponentiated form) in parentheses. W1 = Wave 1; W2 = Wave 2; MSA = metropolitan statistical area.
a
W1 number of close ties (dummy variable categories) was controlled. bIncluded W1 number of close ties as exposure term.
^
p < .10. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001 (two-tailed tests).