Comparisons of density among family members with density of ties family to friends, community and service providers
| N caring networks in the analysis | Relationships | Density* (SD) | Density differences—comparisons with interfamilial relationships | Significance of density differences t (P) |
| 35 | Family–family | 0.73 (0.49) | NA | NA |
| 35 | Family–friends | 0.61 (0.53) | −0.12 | 1.32 (0.19) |
| 17 | Family–community | 0.41 (0.34) | −0.31 | 2.60 (0.02) |
| 29† | Family–service providers | 0.22 (0.31) | −0.50 | 4.88 (<0.0005) |
*These analyses include all networks that named service providers in the network in the transcript.
†Density takes into account the strength of the ties that ranged from 0 to 3.
NA, not applicable.