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Table 2 Measures for interpersonal advice network, by province and territory

From: Pathways for best practice diffusion: the structure of informal relationships in Canada’s long-term care sector

 

NS

PE

NB

MB

SK

AB

BC

NT

M (SD)

Total

Network Level

N nodes

135

32

93

181

155

225

300

19

142.50 (95.03)

1140

N advice sources

101

25

73

116

103

153

211

12

99.25 (64.91)

794

N advice seekers

50

13

47

77

64

88

116

7

57.75 (36.78)

462

N ties

134

36

124

195

166

214

296

16

147.63 (92.22)

1181

N inter-provincial ties

0

1

2

2

4

11

7

3

3.75 (3.62)

30

 Density

0.007

0.036

0.014

0.006

0.007

0.004

0.003

0.047

0.016 (0.017)

 

 In-degree centralization

0.08

0.13

0.07

0.06

0.05

0.02

0.02

0.19

0.08 (0.06)

 

Nodal level

 In-degree centrality

          

N opinion leadersa

2

1

5

6

12

14

9

1

6.25 (5.01)

50

 In-degree, all nodes [M (SD)]

0.99 (1.18)

1.13 (1.01)

1.33 (1.42)

1.07 (1.61)

1.07 (1.32)

0.95 (1.01)

0.99 (1.03)

0.84 (0.96)

1.05 (0.14)

 

 In-degree, opinion leaders [M (SD)]

8.00 (5.66)

5.00 (−)

6.00 (1.23)

8.33 (1.63)

4.75 (1.29)

4.00 (1.04)

5.00 (1.00)

4.00 (−)

5.64 (1.69)

 

Betweenness centrality

N boundary spannersb

6

2

6

13

4

9

10

1

6.38 (4.10)

51

 Betweenness centrality, all nodes [M (SD)]

0.50 (1.88)

1.28 (3.00)

7.05 (21.69)

0.24 (0.85)

0.27 (1.35)

0.29 (1.27)

0.42 (1.83)

0.11 (0.46)

1.27 (2.36)

 

 Betweenness centrality, boundary spanners [M (SD)]

8.50 (2.59)

10.50 (0.71)

84.00 (22.65)

2.96 (1.22)

6.50 (5.74)

5.67 (2.83)

8.95 (4.34)

2.00 (−)

16.14 (27.58)

 
  1. NS Nova Scotia, PE Prince Edward Island, NB New Brunswick, MB Manitoba, SK Saskatchewan, AB Alberta, BC British Columbia, NT Northwest Territories
  2. aOpinion leaders were defined as all nodes with in-degree centrality scores of at least two standard deviations above the mean
  3. bBoundary spanners were defined as all nodes with betweenness centrality scores of at least two standard deviations above the mean