Table 5.
Model fit statistics in latent class analysis
|
Number of classes in model |
Statistical indices |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Girls | |||||
| AIC | BIC | SSABIC | Entropy | LMR p-value | |
|
One class |
40869.835 |
40937.363 |
40902.411 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Two classes |
39696.616 |
39737.810 |
39764.728 |
0.829 |
<0.0001 |
|
Three classes |
39192.423 |
39407.283 |
39296.071 |
0.731 |
<0.0001 |
|
Four classes |
39128.532 |
39417.059 |
39267.718 |
0.701 |
0.0585 |
|
Five classes |
39094.938 |
39457.130 |
39269.659 |
0.704 |
0.0152 |
| |
Boys |
||||
| |
AIC |
BIC |
SSABIC |
Entropy |
LMR
p-value |
|
One class |
32361.412 |
32427.747 |
32392.795 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Two classes |
31878.669 |
32017.368 |
31944.288 |
0.978 |
<0.0001 |
|
Three classes |
31756.911 |
31967.976 |
31856.766 |
0.570 |
0.0007 |
|
Four classes |
31724.121 |
32007.550 |
31858.212 |
0.488 |
0.0144 |
| Five classes | 31711.079 | 32066.873 | 31879.406 | 0.536 | 0.7043 |
Abbreviations: AIC Akaike information criteria, BIC Bayesian information criteria, LMR Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test, N/A not applicable, SSABIC Sample size-adjusted Bayesian information criteria.