Table A1.
Fit Statistics for LCA Models with 1 through 10 Classes.
| Number of classes: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIC | 3,217,801 | 3,118,674 | 3,074,641 | 3,066,825 | 3,032,764 | 3,028,037 | 3,014,272 | 3,009,949 | 3,010,067 | 3,007,668 |
| BIC | 3,217,963 | 3,118,989 | 3,075,108 | 3,067,443 | 3,033,534 | 3,028,959 | 3,015,346 | 3,011,175 | 3,011,445 | 3,009,198 |
| Sample Adjusted BIC | 3,217,912 | 3,118,890 | 3,074,961 | 3,067,249 | 3,033,293 | 3,028,670 | 3,015,009 | 3,010,791 | 3,011,013 | 3,008,718 |
| Entropy | n/a | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.77 |
| Percent in smallest class | 100 | 38.5 | 22.5 | 14.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 1.6 |
| Number of parameters | 16 | 31 | 46 | 61 | 76 | 91 | 106 | 121 | 136 | 151 |