. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 13.

Published in final edited form as: Sociol Res Online. 2014 May 31;19(2):4. doi: 10.5153/sro.3241

Table 4.

Results of testing for measurement invariance across life stages in ELSA wave 3 (N=3703)

	Chi sq	Df	RMSEA	CFI
configural model	7937.28	1452	0.049	0.885
1^st order metric equivalence	8114.63	1482	0.049	0.882
2^nd order metric equivalence	8380.25	1492	0.050	0.877
1^st order scalar equivalence	8682.50	1512	0.051	0.872
Partial equivalence: 1 item intercept (scqolo) free	8495.06	1511	0.050	0.876
2^nd order equivalence	8729.04	1518	0.051	0.872
Partial equivalence: 1 first order intercept (somatic symptoms of depression) free	8605.22	1517	0.050	0.874