[statnet_help] Modeling interaction effects in ERGM

[Wallace Chipidza via statnet_help]

Hi,

I have a network with various demographic attributes and am testing some
hypotheses on interactions between node attributes and structural effects.
Is there a way to model the interaction between an attribute like gender
and reciprocity in ERGM? Some way to test if women are more reciprocal in
their network behavior than men? So far I've tried:

model1 <- ergm(net ~ edges + mutual:nodefactor("Gender"))

and I receive the message "*Error in `ergm_Init_abort()`:**! In unknown
function: Change statistic interactions are poorly defined for
dyad-dependent terms. Use ‘interact.dependent’ term option to set the
behavior.FALSE*"

Wallace
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