Table 2 Alter characteristics (N = 293)

Age (26 >)

249

85

Gender (female)

207

70.6

Education

No educ-primary

103

35.2

Secondary and above

190

64.8

Marital status (married)

198

67.6

Network member type

Naturally occurring network

171

58.4

Community role network

122

41.6

Naturally occurring network member type

N = 171

Spouse

16

9.1

Family

107

62.6

Friend

48

28.1

Trust (yes)

237

80.9

Frequency of contact (frequent)

230

78.5

Emotional closeness (close)

211

72

Alter knows about SB incident (yes)

287

98

How alter got to know

Told by respondent

80

27.3

Knew by themselves

69

23.5

Through network members

143

48.8

Through other means

1

.3

Relationship with alter after SB incident

As before or better

192

65.5

Worse than before

101

34.5

Count on network member for support

Yes

195

66.6

no

98

33.4

Average network size

16