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Table 2 Bivariate association of participant characteristics with network structure and composition, the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) social networks study, 2014-2017

From: Personal social networks and organizational affiliation of South Asians in the United States

 

N

Network Size

Proportion Kin

Prop South Asian

Prop Female

Prop living in same house

Closeness to alters (mean; 1 low - 5 high)

Volume of contact with alters (contact-days/year)

Network density

Number of organizational affiliations

Overall

700

5.6

0.71

0.88

0.55

0.32

4.4

1069

0.78

4.7

SD

 

2.6

0.28

0.24

0.25

0.25

0.5

390

0.26

4.3

Age, years (SN visit)

 40-49

122

5.8

0.64

0.83

0.53

0.37

4.5

1130

0.78

4.1

 50-59

257

5.7

0.69

0.87

0.57

0.32

4.4

1093

0.75

4.4

 60-69

212

5.3

0.75

0.90

0.55

0.31

4.5

1047

0.80

4.8

 70+

109

5.7

0.79

0.90

0.52

0.26

4.5

989

0.81

5.8

 P-value

 

p=0.52

p <0.01

p< 0.01

p=0.83

p<0.01

p=0.22

p<0.01

p<0.05

p<0.01

Gender

 Male

400

5.4

0.71

0.87

0.48

0.34

4.4

1031

0.79

4.8

 Female

300

5.9

0.72

0.89

0.64

0.29

4.5

1120

0.77

4.5

 P-value

 

p <0.05

p=0.93

p=0.44

p<0.01

p=0.01

p=0.01

p<0.01

p=0.21

p=0.37

Education

 < Bachelor's degree

78

4.7

0.80

0.91

0.57

0.38

4.4

1109

0.86

4.7

 = Bachelor's degree

197

5.3

0.70

0.91

0.56

0.33

4.5

1057

0.75

4.8

 > Bachelor's degree

425

5.9

0.70

0.86

0.54

0.30

4.5

1068

0.78

4.6

 P-value

 

p<0.01

p <0.05

p<0.01

p=0.16

p<0.01

p=0.44

p=0.60

p=0.30

p=0.65

Income

 < $75k

165

4.8

0.76

0.91

0.55

0.34

4.5

1018

0.80

5.2

 $75k to < $100k

68

5.5

0.73

0.86

0.56

0.28

4.4

1043

0.76

4.8

 >= $100k

447

6.0

0.69

0.86

0.55

0.31

4.4

1096

0.78

4.5

 P-value

 

p<0.01

p<0.01

p <0.05

p=0.85

p=0.17

p=0.92

p <0.05

p=0.42

p=0.10

Sum of Traditional Cultural Beliefs

 Tertile 1: 0 to 11 (Most traditional)

231

5.3

0.73

0.91

0.53

0.33

4.5

1075

0.79

5.8

 Tertile 2: 12 to 16 (Some traditional)

218

5.9

0.73

0.90

0.54

0.33

4.5

1129

0.82

4.9

 Tertile 3: 17 to 28 (Least traditional)

250

5.6

0.69

0.83

0.57

0.29

4.4

1013

0.75

3.4

 P-value

 

p=0.21

p<0.10

p<0.01

p<0.10

p=0.11

p=0.25

p<0.10

p=0.17

p<0.01

How South Asian do you feel?

 1-5 (Low)

98

5.4

0.67

0.75

0.58

0.32

4.4

961

0.75

3.1

 6-10 (High)

602

5.7

0.72

0.90

0.54

0.32

4.4

1087

0.79

4.9

 P-value

 

p=0.80

p <0.05

p<0.01

p <0.10

p=0.33

p<0.01

p<0.01

p=0.05

p<0.01

How American do you feel?

 1-5 (Low)

377

5.5

0.74

0.92

0.56

0.33

4.4

1102

0.80

4.8

 6-10 (High)

323

5.7

0.68

0.83

0.54

0.30

4.5

1031

0.76

4.5

 P-value

 

p=0.22

p<0.01

p< 0.01

p=0.31

p <0.10

p=0.18

p <0.10

p=0.24

p=0.41

Marital status

 Married/living as married/living with partner

630

5.6

0.73

0.89

0.54

0.34

4.5

1084

0.80

4.7

 Single/separated/widowed/divorced

70

5.4

0.58

0.81

0. 66

0.11

4.3

937

0.62

4.3

 P-value

 

p=0.39

p< 0.01

p= 0.01

p< 0.01

p< 0.01

p<0.01

p<0.01

p<0.01

p=0.44

  1. Note: Continuous participant characteristics (i.e. age, income, traditional cultural beliefs, how South Asian do you feel, how American do you feel) have been categorized for presentation purposes. P-values of statistical tests for these participant characteristics are based on correlation coefficients which treat these variables as continuous.