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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc. 2008 Oct;171(4):877–897. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2008.00544.x

Table 2.

Estimated latent class model parameters from a three-class locally independent LCA and a series of three-class locally dependent LCAs fitted to the EUDL CT under-age drinking data

Class Response probabilities pjm for the following models:
Independence
Unstructured
Class exchangeable
Random effects
Non-problem Risky Regular Non-problem Risky Regular Non-problem Risky Regular Non-problem Risky Regular
Regular 0.02 0.03 0.50 0.02 0.05 0.70 0.02 0.05 0.70 0.01 0.15 0.62
Binge 0.13 0.30 0.94 0.15 0.48 0.93 0.15 0.48 0.93 0.06 0.47 1.00
Drunk 0.16 0.40 0.98 0.19 0.55 0.97 0.19 0.55 0.97 0.03 0.58 1.00
Driving while intoxicated 0.02 0.04 0.30 0.02 0.07 0.38 0.02 0.07 0.38 0.05 0.07 0.41
Passout 0.01 0.48 0.56 0.01 0.51 0.58 0.01 0.51 0.58 0.06 0.41 0.35
Forget 0.05 0.66 0.59 0.08 0.64 0.59 0.08 0.64 0.59 0.19 0.47 0.36
Headache 0.39 0.87 0.83 0.40 0.91 0.81 0.40 0.91 0.81 0.34 0.85 0.56
Social problems 0.15 0.47 0.57 0.18 0.44 0.63 0.18 0.44 0.63 0.34 0.35 0.48
Prevalence πm 43% 26% 31% 45% 34% 21% 45% 34% 21% 29% 57% 14%
Local dependence Odds ratios γjhm 3.0 (2.5,3.6)
γ23m 1.7 (1.2,2.3) 5.9 (3.5,9.9) 1.8 (1.7,1.8) 3.5 (2.4, 5.1)
γ37m 1.7 (1.1,2.7) 1.7 (1.4,2.1) 1.7 (1.6,1.7) 1.7 (1.2, 2.5)
γ68m 1.7 (1.4,1.9) 1.6 (1.0,2.5) 1.5 (1.1,1.9) 1.6 (1.1, 2.2)