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Table 3 Social support and negative social interactions by alter type, 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

 

Alter Relationship

Spouse/Partner

Child

Sibling

Other Kin

Friend

Other

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Talk about worries

 Most of the time

439

77.7

388

54.3

186

49.3

182

41.8

364

51.1

47

25.0

1606

53.7

 Sometimes

104

18.4

241

33.7

153

40.6

162

37.2

225

31.6

66

35.1

951

31.8

 Rarely/Never

22

3.9

86

12.0

38

10.1

91

20.9

124

17.4

75

39.9

436

14.6

Rely on

 Most of the time

530

93.8

575

80.4

259

68.7

294

67.6

487

68.3

91

48.4

2236

74.7

 Sometimes

30

5.3

92

12.9

86

22.8

85

19.5

158

22.2

61

32.4

512

17.1

 Rarely/Never

5

0.9

48

6.7

32

8.5

56

12.9

68

9.5

36

19.1

245

8.2

Makes too many demands

 Most of the time

94

16.6

51

7.1

10

2.7

9

2.1

6

0.8

9

4.8

179

6.0

 Sometimes

199

35.2

188

26.3

66

17.5

76

17.5

62

8.7

24

12.8

615

20.5

 Rarely/Never

272

48.1

476

66.6

301

79.8

350

80.5

645

90.5

155

82.4

2199

73.5

Criticizes you

 Most of the time

87

15.4

37

5.2

9

2.4

4

0.9

11

1.5

2

1.1

150

5.0

 Sometimes

258

45.7

236

33.0

105

27.9

69

15.9

97

13.6

34

18.1

799

26.7

 Rarely/Never

220

38.9

442

61.8

263

69.8

362

83.2

605

84.9

152

80.9

2044

68.3

Total

565

100

715

100

377

100

435

100

713

100

188

100

2993

100