Table 5.
Multilevel multinomial regression results predicting the log-likelihood an alter would be named a truly new or awakened tie versus a previously-listed tie, odds ratios (weighted)
| Young cohort | Old cohort | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ||||
| Truly new OR |
Awakened OR |
Truly new OR |
Awakened OR |
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| Intercept | .912 | .753 | .781 | 1.380 |
| Alter-level variables | ||||
| Role relationship | ||||
| Kin | ||||
| Spouse and immediate kin | .199*** | .115*** | .019*** | .192*** |
| Extended kin | .128*** | .955 | .177*** | .784 |
| Nonkin | ||||
| Romantic partner | 1.169 | .405 | 2.076 | .756 |
| Friend | .458** | 1.002 | .251*** | .750 |
| Roommate | 1.483 | .398 | 2.139 | .076*** |
| Neighbor | 1.590 | 1.547 | 1.014 | .736 |
| Workmate | 3.537*** | 1.476 | 1.607 | .929 |
| Schoolmate | 1.475 | .898 | .735 | 1.708 |
| Churchmate | .780 | 1.240 | 1.546 | 1.524 |
| Acquaintance | 3.117** | 2.768* | 3.002*** | 1.237 |
| Type of exchange | ||||
| Socialize | 1.032 | .541** | .637** | .457*** |
| Confide | .458*** | .599** | .542** | .449*** |
| Advise | .355*** | .703+ | .556** | .523*** |
| Recent practical help | 1.435 | .968 | 1.222 | .965 |
| Emergency help | .647 | .848 | .514** | .510*** |
| Provide support to alter | .876 | .567*** | .729 | .667** |
| Difficult alter | .820 | .578 | .386*** | .382*** |
| Alter-level characteristics | ||||
| Emotionally close | .486** | .603* | .416*** | .504*** |
| Live over one hour away | .637* | .963 | .874 | 1.333* |
| Ego-level variables | ||||
| Life events between wave 2 and wave 3 | ||||
| New partnership | 1.311 | 1.439 | 1.114 | 1.253 |
| Birth of child | 4.885*** | 1.240 | 1.599+ | 1.047 |
| New job or school | .891 | .965 | 1.591 | .763 |
| Graduated from school | 1.023 | 1.321 | --- | --- |
| Death of a close person | 1.522 | 1.299 | 1.305 | 1.127 |
| Break in friendship | 1.031 | .974 | 1.271 | 1.482** |
| End job | .916 | .832 | 1.045 | 1.476* |
| School, work, financial prob. | 1.353 | 1.405* | .991 | 1.075 |
| Health problem | 1.002 | 1.007 | 1.453* | 1.092 |
| Move near | 1.748** | .922 | 1.560 | .576* |
| Move far | 2.965*** | 1.761** | 4.600*** | .702 |
| Sociodemographic variables | ||||
| Male | 1.071 | 1.149 | .778 | 1.212 |
| Asian | .702 | .975 | 1.407 | 1.192 |
| Latino | 1.131 | .678 | 1.382 | 1.170 |
| Black and other | .675 | 1.399 | 1.212 | 1.580* |
| Foreign born | 1.018 | .877 | 1.528 | .762 |
| Married | .973 | .983 | .715* | .812* |
| Education less than BA | .705 | 1.111 | 1.182 | 1.132 |
| Education BA | .820 | .904 | 1.200 | 1.138 |
| Poor health | .880 | .654 | .823 | .861 |
| Extroversion | 1.056 | 1.067 | 1.006 | 1.021 |
| Neuroticism | 1.077 | .913 | 1.006 | .907 |
| Network size (wave 2) | .948* | .961 | .867 | .958** |
| Personal reference or Facebook recruit | 1.168 | 1.249 | --- | --- |
| Variance components | ||||
| Between-ego variance | .394 | .158 | .549 | .183 |
| Chi-square (intercept) | 566.170*** | 486.748*** | 678.371*** | 695.583*** |
| N alters | 4,059 | 5,764 | ||
| N respondents | 382 | 558 | ||
Note: Young cohort refers to 21–30 year-olds and old cohort to 50–70 year-olds at wave 1
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p < .06.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001 (two-tailed tests)