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Table 5 Unadjusted and adjusted beta coefficients (95% confidence intervals (95% CI)) for association between egocentric social network characteristics and social support and treatment-specific social support (n = 87)

From: Self-reported depression and social support are associated with egocentric network characteristics of HIV-infected women of color

Social support

 

Unadjusted models

Adjusted models a

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Functional network characteristics

Advice tie count

0.61

0.07, 1.15

0.55

0.03, 1.07

Emotional tie count

0.69

0.14, 1.24

0.69

0.15, 1.23

Financial tie count

1.02

0.34, 1.70

0.91

0.26, 1.56

Transportation tie count

0.85

0.18,1.51

0.84

0.22, 1.48

Structural network characteristics

Family tie count

1.07

0.47, 1.68

1.11

0.52, 1.70

Non-family tie count

0.09

−0.31, 0.49

0.15

−0.60, 0.91

Alter knows ego’s HIV status

0.58

0.04, 1.11

0.50

−0.02, 1.03

Alter’s positive HIV status

−0.60

−2.19, 0.99

−0.69

−2.20, 0.83

Total network size

0.15

− 024, 0.54

0.22

−0.17, 0.61

< Daily talk - primary

−3.23

−5.13, −1.32

−2.87

−4.77, −0.96

< Daily talk - secondary

−0.42

−2.31, 1.46

−0.43

−2.34, 1.47

Treatment-specific social support

 

Unadjusted models

Adjusted models

Coefficient

95% CI

Coefficient

95% CI

Functional network characteristics

Advice tie count

2.03

1.13, 2.94

1.96

1.03, 2.88

Emotional tie count

2.33

1.43, 3.23

2.38

1.46, 3.31

Financial tie count

2.45

1.26, 3.64

2.30

1.09, 3.50

Transportation tie count

1.69

0.50, 2.88

1.72

0.52, 2.92

Structural network characteristics

Family tie count

2.47

1.42, 3.51

2.54

1.46, 3.63

Non-family tie count

0.37

−0.35, 1.09

0.33

−0.40, 1.05

Alter knows ego’s HIV status

2.20

1.33, 3.08

2.21

1.32, 3.10

Alter’s positive HIV status

−0.15

−3.06, 2.77

0.03

−2.91, 2.97

Total network size

1.26

0.57, 1.94

1.37

0.68, 2.05

< Daily talk – primary

−4.12

−7.88, −0.36

−3.63

−7.44, 0.18

< Daily talk - secondary

−1.11

− 4.73, 2.51

−1.37

− 4.96, 2.22

  1. In social network terms, “ego” is the person responding to the survey and alter is the person who has been named or identified by the ego;a unadjusted models include only the independent and dependent variables; models adjusted for ego’s continuous age, categorical education, dichotomous insurance status