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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Networks. 2023 Jan 4;73:51–61. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2022.12.006

Table 4.

Separable temporal exponential random graph models of attribute-based social integration and segregation in a dynamic Facebook friendship network among Black sexual and gender minorities, without (Model 1) and with (Model 2) treatment arm interaction effects (N=340).

Model 1 Model 2
Tie Formation Tie Persistence Tie Formation Tie Persistence
Effect Est SE Est SE Est SE Est SE
Structural effects
 Edges −4.49*** 0.22 0.32 0.43 −5.40*** 0.29 0.69 0.57
 Gwesp (α = .5) 0.36*** 0.01 0.11*** 0.01 0.36*** 0.01 0.11*** 0.01
 Gwdsp (α = .5) −0.02*** 0.00 −0.01 0.01 −0.02*** 0.00 −0.01 0.01
 Gwdegree (α = .1) −1.80*** 0.46 0.13 0.42 −1.80*** 0.47 0.18 0.42
Integration Effects
 Heterosexual, activity −0.05 0.08 0.24 0.22 −0.06 0.10 0.36 0.27
 Bisexual, activity −0.21*** 0.04 −0.13 0.08 −0.16** 0.05 0.19+ 0.12
 Other sexuality, activity −0.12* 0.06 0.26+ 0.14 −0.53*** 0.11 0.24 0.20
 Transgender, activity 0.12 0.10 −0.29+ 0.17 0.11 0.11 −0.21 0.18
 Age, activity −0.01** 0.00 0.02** 0.01 0.01+ 0.00 0.01 0.01
 HIV positive, activity 0.07** 0.02 −0.15** 0.06 −0.02 0.04 −0.33*** 0.09
Segregation Effects
 Sexual identity, homophily 0.33* 0.14 0.00 0.24 0.34* 0.14 −0.02 0.24
 Transgender identity, homophily 0.19 0.12 −0.19 0.19 0.20+ 0.12 −0.30 0.19
 Age, homophily −0.03*** 0.01 −0.05*** 0.01 −0.03*** 0.01 −0.05*** 0.01
 HIV positive, homophily 0.08+ 0.04 −0.06 0.08 0.09+ 0.04 −0.07 0.08
Covariate Control Effects
 Friendship network size - medium, activity −0.20*** 0.03 −0.07 0.08 −0.20*** 0.03 −0.04 0.08
 Friendship network size - large, activity −0.34*** 0.04 −0.11 0.08 −0.35*** 0.04 −0.09 0.08
Treatment Effects
 Treatment, activity −0.09*** 0.03 0.16** 0.06 1.31*** 0.21 −0.24 0.45
 Heterosexual * Treatment, activity −0.64*** 0.13 −0.11 0.27
 Bisexual * Treatment, activity −0.81** 0.25 −0.83 0.51
 Other sexuality * Treatment, activity −0.76*** 0.14 −0.86** 0.30
 Transgender * Treatment, activity 0.03 0.10 −0.58** 0.21
 Age * Treatment, activity −0.03*** 0.01 0.02 0.01
 HIV positive * Treatment, activity 0.18*** 0.05 0.40** 0.12
N 340 340
AIC 18,582 18,515
BIC 18,887 18,927
***

p < .001;

**

p < .01;

*

p < .05;

+

p < .10;

Convergence t-ratios for all parameters were less than the 0.10 threshold.