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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Appl Stat Sci. 2010 Oct;3(2):203–235.

Table 4.

Parameter Estimates for LTA Model

Non-users Smokers Moderate
Drinkers/
Smokers
CCH Users
Latent Class Membership Probabilities
Time 1 0.309 0.277 0.196 0.218
Time 2 0.309 0.268 0.184 0.239

Item Response Probabilities
Tobacco No use 0.973 0.045 0.260 0.161
Less than a pack a day 0.027 0.668 0.571 0.414
Pack a day or more 0.000 0.287 0.168 0.426

Alcohol No use 0.654 0.866 0.000 0.211
Less than 3–4 days a week 0.323 0.116 0.863 0.454
3–4 days a week or more 0.024 0.018 0.137 0.335

Marijuana No use 0.946 0.862 0.548 0.529
Less than once a week 0.040 0.079 0.244 0.218
Once a week or more 0.014 0.059 0.208 0.253

Crack, Cocaine No use 0.988 0.932 0.969 0.122
or Heroin Less than once a week 0.012 0.056 0.031 0.271
Once a week or more 0.000 0.012 0.000 0.606

Other Drugs No use 0.992 0.992 0.865 0.871
Some use 0.009 0.008 0.135 0.129

Transition Probabilities
Time 2 Latent Class Membership
Time 1 Latent Class Membership Non-users Smokers Moderate
Drinkers/
Smokers
CCH Users

Non-users 0.998 0.000 0.000 0.002
Smokers 0.000 0.900 0.000 0.100
Moderate Drinkers/Smokers 0.000 0.095 0.905 0.000
CCH Users 0.000 0.000 0.030 0.970

Note: CCH is crack, cocaine or heroin.