TABLE 2—

Log-Likelihood and Information Criteria for Alternative Latent Class Models: British National Child Development Study, 1981, 1991, 2000, and 2002–2004

No. of Classes	Parameters	Log-Likelihood	AIC	BIC	ssa BIC	Entropy	BLRT	P
Men
1	9	−18 503.599	37 025.197	37 083.798	37 055.199	1.000
2	19	−15 402.771	30 843.543	30 967.255	30 906.880	0.927	6 201.655	.001
3	29	−14 821.097	29 700.194	29 889.018	29 796.867	0.947	1 163.348	.001
4	39	−14 548.412	29 174.824	29 428.760	29 304.831	0.932	545.371	.001
5	49	−14 296.983	28 691.966	29 011.014	28 855.309	0.909	502.857	.001
6	59	−14 176.065	28 470.130	28 854.289	28 666.807	0.922	241.837	.001
7	69	−14 072.910	28 283.821	28 733.092	28 513.834	0.925	206.309	.001
8	79	−13 990.324	28 138.648	28 653.031	28 401.997	0.912	165.172	.001
9	89	−13 943.867	28 065.734	28 645.229	28 362.418	0.920	92.914	.001
10	99	−13 909.547	28 017.095	28 661.701	28 347.114	0.923	68.639	.001
Women
1	9	−20 063.467	40 144.933	40 204.037	40 175.438	1.000
2	19	−16 423.428	32 884.855	33 009.631	32 949.255	0.944	7 280.078	.001
3	29	−15 816.767	31 691.533	31 881.980	31 789.827	0.962	1 213.322	.001
4	39	−15 529.946	31 137.891	31 394.009	31 270.080	0.941	573.642	.001
5	49	−15 306.326	30 710.653	31 032.442	30 876.736	0.918	447.239	.001
6	59	−15 103.758	30 325.516	30 712.976	30 525.494	0.905	405.137	.001
7	69	−15 003.290	30 144.579	30 597.711	30 378.451	0.917	200.937	.001
8	79	−14 917.217	29 992.434	30 511.237	30 260.201	0.920	172.145	.001
9	89	−14 856.621	29 891.242	30 475.716	30 192.903	0.928	121.192	.001
10	99	−14 813.435	29 824.869	30 475.015	30 160.425	0.916	86.334	.001

Note. AIC = Akaike information criterion; BIC = Bayesian information criterion; BLRT = bootstrapped likelihood ratio test comparison for N vs N − 1 class models; ssa BIC = sample-size-adjusted Bayesian information criterion.