Egocentric social network characteristics, by QRISK3 and network
| Egocentric SNC | Trust network (‘important matters’ only) | Advice network (‘health matters’ only) | Multiplex network (‘important’ and ‘health’) | ||||||
| QRISK3 | QRISK3 | QRISK3 | |||||||
| Total (%) | <10% | ≥10% | Total (%) | <10% | ≥10% | Total (%) | <10% | ≥10% | |
| Degree | |||||||||
| 0 | 2038 (76) | 1109 (74) | 929 (78) | 1892 (70) | 1060 (71) | 832 (70) | 589 (22) | 318 (21) | 271 (23) |
| 1 | 412 (15) | 240 (16) | 172 (14) | 664 (25) | 360 (24) | 304 (25) | 1787 (67) | 997 (67) | 790 (66) |
| 2 or more | 234 (9) | 140 (9) | 94 (8) | 128 (5) | 69 (5) | 59 (5) | 308 (11) | 174 (12) | 134 (11) |
| Mean duration of relationship (years) | |||||||||
| 0–4.99 | 28 (4) | 23 (6) | 5 (2) | 31 (4) | 15 (3) | 16 (4) | 60 (3) | 30 (3) | 30 (3) |
| 5–19.99 | 116 (18) | 89 (23) | 27 (10) | 122 (15) | 83 (19) | 39 (11) | 246 (12) | 182 (16) | 64 (7) |
| 20–80 | 502 (78) | 268 (71) | 234 (88) | 639 (81) | 331 (77) | 308 (85) | 1788 (85) | 959 (82) | 829 (90) |
| Missing | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) |
| Mean frequency of contact | |||||||||
| ‘At least weekly’ or less | 161 (25) | 93 (24) | 68 (26) | 199 (25) | 94 (22) | 105 (29) | 314 (15) | 146 (12) | 168 (18) |
| ‘Daily’ | 484 (75) | 287 (76) | 197 (74) | 593 (75) | 335 (78) | 258 (71) | 1781 (85) | 1025 (88) | 756 (82) |
| Missing | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mean number of activities shared | |||||||||
| 0 | 381 (59) | 217 (57) | 164 (62) | 512 (65) | 264 (62) | 248 (68) | 1060 (51) | 552 (47) | 508 (55) |
| 0.01–1.0 | 246 (38) | 151 (40) | 95 (36) | 243 (31) | 141 (33) | 102 (28) | 841 (40) | 511 (44) | 330 (36) |
| 1.01–3 | 17 (3) | 12 (3) | 5 (2) | 37 (5) | 24 (6) | 13 (4) | 194 (9) | 108 (9) | 86 (9) |
| Missing | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Proportion male | |||||||||
| No male alters (0) | 299 (46) | 185 (49) | 114 (43) | 359 (45) | 201 (47) | 158 (44) | 907 (43) | 484 (41) | 423 (46) |
| Mixed (0.01–0.99) | 104 (16) | 60 (16) | 44 (17) | 69 (9) | 40 (9) | 29 (8) | 153 (7) | 93 (8) | 60 (6) |
| Only male alters (1) | 243 (38) | 135 (36) | 108 (41) | 364 (46) | 188 (44) | 176 (48) | 1035 (49) | 594 (51) | 441 (48) |
SNC, social network characteristic.