Table:
individual and place of residence characteristics
characteristics of personal networks

analysis method - logistic regressions
analysis method - ordered logistic regressions

persons with a personal network of more than 15 people
persons with a network of acquaintances of more than 10 people
meetings with family in the last month
meetings with friends in the last month
new people met in the last month
ethnic diversity among friends contacted in the last month

odds ratios

census metropolitan area

montreal
0.90
0.66
1.44
1.00
0.89
0.63

toronto
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

vancouver
1.20
1.28
1.00
1.25
0.96
0.98

type of municipality

central
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

peripheral 1st ring
0.73
0.71
1.33
1.01
0.94
0.75

peripheral 2nd ring
0.50
0.44
1.26
0.73
0.88
0.74

demographic weight of immigrant population in neighbourhood

less than 50%
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

50% to less than 70%
1.28
1.03
1.07
0.95
1.06
0.86

70% or greater
0.93
0.68
1.03
0.74
0.87
0.85

period of immigration and generation

recent immigrant
0.67
0.70
0.38
0.91
1.49
0.69

established immigrant
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

second generation
1.38
1.13
1.52
1.11
1.07
0.91

Statement: people in the first-ring peripheral municipalities remain less likely than residents of central municipalities to have more larger acquaintance networks.
Question: in which municipalities are people less likely to have more larger acquaintance networks, first-ring peripheral municipalities or central municipalities?
Answer: peripheral 1st ring