Table 3 The likelihood that a subordinate helped in relation to the dominant’s age and the subordinate’s sex

From: Breeders that receive help age more slowly in a cooperatively breeding bird

(a) Dominant female

    

(b) Dominant male

  

Variable

Estimate

SE

z

P

Estimate

SE

z

P

Intercept

−1.09

0.21

−5.14

<0.001

−1.12

0.21

−5.31

<0.001

Dominant age

0.43

0.22

1.98

0.048

0.04

0.19

0.23

0.821

Territory quality

0.10

0.23

0.42

0.674

0.14

0.23

0.61

0.543

Subordinate sex (male)

−1.05

0.21

−5.10

<0.001

−0.95

0.20

−4.80

<0.001

Subordinate age (older)

1.73

0.24

7.26

<0.001

1.85

0.24

7.62

<0.001

Number of subordinates

−0.27

0.20

−1.38

0.167

−0.29

0.19

−1.50

0.134

Dominant age * Subordinate sex

−1.00

0.41

−2.43

0.015

0.07

0.37

0.18

0.858

Random

Variance

 

939 Observations

Variance

 

929 Observations

Group ID

0.48

 

673 Groups

0.29

 

671 Groups

Individual ID

0.16

 

294 Individuals

0.30

 

302 Individuals

Year

0.28

 

15 years

0.27

 

15 years

  1. Final models contained all main effects and significant interaction terms