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. 2016 Nov 22;30:445.

Table 2. Comparison of LCA models with different latent classes based on model selection statistics .

Number of latent class Number of parameters estimated G 2 df AIC BIC Maximum log-likelihood
1 7 449.10 120 463.10 491.30 -1771.50
2 15 251.85 112 281.85 342.28 -1672.87
3 23 142.89 104 188.89 281.54 -1618.39
4 31 110.98 96 172.98 297.85 -1602.44
5 39 80.84 88 158.84 315.94 -1587.37
6 47 65.16 80 159.16 348.49 -1579.53
7 55 55.81 72 165.81 387.36 -1574.85
8 63 47.58 64 173.58 427.36 -1570.74
9 71 40.70 56 182.70 468.71 -1567.30
10 79 32.39 48 190.39 508.62 -1563.14

Note. LCA = latent class analysis; AIC = Akaike information criterion; BIC = Bayesian information criterion.