Table 1.
Descriptive statistics.
| Ego-Level Characteristics (N = 568) | Alter-Level Characteristics (N = 2487) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | % | Variables | % | ||
| Gender | Male | 45.65% | Intimacy | Especially close | 68.33% |
| Female | 54.35% | Social exchanges | Socializing | 58.07% | |
| Marital status | Married/partner | 75.10% | Sick help | 41.31% | |
| Never/divorced | 24.90% | Practical help | 18.21% | ||
| Race/ethnic groups | White | 57.35% | Provide help | 45.51% | |
| Non-white | 42.65% | Proximity | Living together | 16.83% | |
| Education level | Less than college | 52.16% | Within 1-h drive | 58.51% | |
| College | 26.96% | More than 1-h drive | 24.66% | ||
| More than college | 20.88% | Role relationship | Spouse/romantic partner | 16.55% | |
| Employment status | Not employed | 65.31% | Kin | 32.74% | |
| Fully employed | 34.69% | Friends | 30.42% | ||
| Income level | Less than 35K | 17.09% | Coworkers | 7.56% | |
| 35−75K | 25.85% | Neighbors/group members | 9.54% | ||
| More than 75K | 57.06% | Acquaintance | 3.19% | ||
| Survey mode | Face-to-face | 77.04% | Similarity | Same age | 50.55% |
| Web interview | 22.96% | Same sex | 63.97% | ||
| Mean (min/max) | Same race/ethnic | 74.88% | |||
| Age | 59.31 (50/70) | Newly-met | 3.78% | ||
| Number of discussion partners | 5.26 (1/15) | ||||
| Number of close discussion partners | 2.74(0/9) | ||||
| Number of adverse life events | 0.95 (0/4) | ||||
| Depression | 4.92 (0/21) | ||||
| Health status | 2.48 (1/5) | ||||