Peer clustering of exercise and eating behaviours among young adults in Sweden: a cross-sectional study of egocentric network data

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

		Male		Female
Covariates	Categories	Dyads	Percentage	Dyads	Percentage
Ethnic background	Yugoslavia	1,758	31.0	1,568	28.4
	Iran	1,196	21.1	1,196	21.7
	Sweden	2,715	47.9	2,752	49.9
	Total	5,669	100.0	5,516	100.0
Occupational /	Studying	2,004	35.4	1,824	33.1
employment status	Employed	1,595	28.1	1,803	32.7
	Studying & employed	470	8.3	905	16.4
	Military	242	4.3	39	0.7
	Unemployed	1,358	24.0	945	17.1
	Total	5,669	100.0	5,516	100.0
Civil status	Single	3,945	69.6	3,417	61.9
	Non-married relationship	1,680	29.6	2,055	37.3
	Married	44	0.8	44	0.8
	Total	5,669	100.0	5,516	100.0
Number of alters	1	23	0.4	34	0.6
	2	186	3.3	189	3.4
	3	830	14.6	753	13.7
	4	892	15.7	915	16.6
	5	3,738	65.9	3,625	65.7
	Total	5,669	100.0	5,516	100.0
Multiplex levels	0	224	4.0	211	3.8
	1	1,125	19.8	1,205	21.8
	2	2,480	43.7	2,780	50.4
	3	1,511	26.7	1,079	19.6
	4	329	5.8	241	4.4
	Total	5,669	100.0	5,516	100.0
Alter same sex	Yes	4,967	87.6	4,543	82.4
	No	702	12.4	973	17.6
	Total	5,669	100.0	5,516	100.0
Alter relative	Yes	420	7.4	501	9.1
	No	5,249	92.6	5,015	90.9
	Total	5,669	100.0	5,516	100.0
Alter same migration background	Yes	3,312	58.4	3,169	57.5
	No	2,357	41.6	2,347	42.5
	Total	5,669	100.0	5,516	100.0

Summary statistics showing the number and percentage of ego-alter dyads under analysis.

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