Table 4.

Fit Statistics for Age 2, Age 3, and Age 4 LCA Models

	1-class	2-class	3-class	4-class	5-class	6-class
Age 2
Log likelihood value	−2,717.28	−2,514.25	−2,490.63	−2,473.22	−2,465.99	−2,462.72
Number of free parameters	6	13	20	27	34	41
Entropy	NA	0.66	0.64	0.64	0.78	0.78
BIC	5,474.15	5,114.22	5,113.13	5,124.44	5,156.15	5,195.74
Adj BIC	5,455.10	5,072.94	5,049.62	5,038.71	5,048.19	5,065.56
BLRT	NA	406.09*	47.24*	34.84*	14.45	6.56
Age 3
Log likelihood value	−2,258.88	−1,997.67	−1,976.98	−1,959.06	−1,953.55	−1,949.51
Number of free parameters	6	13	20	27	34	41
Entropy	NA	0.76	0.70	0.71	0.74	0.77
BIC	4,556.63	4,079.55	4,083.54	4,093.04	4,127.38	4,164.64
Adj BIC	4,537.58	4,038.28	4,020.04	4,007.31	4,019.43	4,034.47
BLRT	NA	522.42*	41.37*	35.85*	11.01	8.08
Age 4
Log likelihood value	−2,053.77	−1,797.87	−1,779.43	−1,769.38	−1,763.90	−1,759.25
Number of free parameters	6	13	20	27	34	41
Entropy	NA	0.79	0.71	0.73	0.66	0.75
BIC	4,146.12	3,679.75	3,687.41	3,712.32	3,746.35	3,782.05
Adj BIC	4,127.07	3,638.04	3,623.92	3,626.60	3,638.41	3,651.88
BLRT	NA	511.80*	36.90*	20.09*	10.96	9.30

Italic indices represent best-fitting class, as indicated by that fit index.

^*p<0.05