Table 2.

Proportion of respondents’ characteristics by discussion network types.

		Mixed Network	Local Centered Network	p-Value
Class size		63.85%	36.15%
Mean age		58.965	59.011	0.91
Mean number of discussion partners		5.128	5.248	0.82
Mean number of close discussion partners		3.301	3.419	0.68
Mean self-rated health status		2.489	2.528	0.0026
Gender	Male	0.630	0.370	0.083
	Female	0.627	0.373
Marital Status	Married	0.675	0.326	0.91
	Not married	0.647	0.354
Race/Ethinicity	White	0.647	0.353	0.22
	Non-white	0.689	0.311
Education level	Less than Bachelor’s degree	0.670	0.330	0.28
	Bachelor’s degree	0.695	0.305
	More than Bachelor’s degree	0.621	0.379
Employment status	Not fully employed	0.682	0.318	0.035
	Fully employed	0.647	0.353
Personal income	Less than $35K	0.647	0.353	0.42
	$35−$75K	0.681	0.319
	More than $75K	0.671	0.329
Survey method	Face-to-face	0.690	0.310	0.022
	Self-administrate	0.590	0.410