Table 3.

Parameter estimates (standard errors in brackets) of FEM, REM, linear growth model, and of the autoregressive model fitted to the NLSY data based on Halaby (2004) analyses (n = 545).

	FEM		REM		Latent growth curve model (linear)		Autoregressive model
ρ	-		-		-		0.572	(0.012)
${\gamma }_{SEI}$	0.020	(0.011)	0.029	(0.010)	0.022	(0.010)	0.028	(0.009)
${\gamma }_{\mathit{union}}$	0.082	(0.019)	0.109	(0.018)	0.108	(0.017)	0.076	(0.014)
${\gamma }_{y,\mathit{educ}}$	-		0.078	(0.009)	-		0.038	(0.004)
${\gamma }_{y,\mathit{black}}$	-		−0.152	(0.049)	-		−0.084	(0.019)
${\gamma }_{\alpha ,\mathit{educ}}$	-		-		0.064	(0.011)	-
${\gamma }_{\alpha ,\mathit{black}}$	-		-		−0.081	(0.060)	-
${\gamma }_{\beta ,\mathit{educ}}$	-		-		0.004	(0.002)	-
${\gamma }_{\beta ,\mathit{black}}$	-		-		−0.019	(0.010)	-
${\mu }_{y_1}$	1.351	(0.029)	0.429	(0.109)	-		0.811	(0.066)
${\mu }_{y_2}$	1.470	(0.027)	0.548	(0.108)	-		0.223	(0.047)
${\mu }_{y_3}$	1.527	(0.025)	0.605	(0.108)	-		0.212	(0.046)
${\mu }_{y4}$	1.576	(0.024)	0.654	(0.108)	-		0.227	(0.046)
${\mu }_{y5}$	1.645	(0.025)	0.722	(0.108)	-		0.269	(0.047)
${\mu }_{y_6}$	1.696	(0.025)	0.774	(0.108)	-		0.279	(0.047)
${\mu }_{y_7}$	1.756	(0.026)	0.834	(0.108)	-		0.311	(0.047)
${\mu }_{y8}$	1.819	(0.026)	0.895	(0.108)	-		0.339	(0.047)
${\mu }_{\alpha }$	-		-		0.641	(0.133)	-
${\mu }_{\alpha }$	-		-		0.020	(0.021)	-
${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_1}^2$	0.242	(0.015)	0.242	(0.016)	0.210	(0.015)	0.287	(0.017)
${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_2}^2$	0.152	(0.010)	0.153	(0.010)	0.127	(0.009)	0.223	(0.014)
${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_3}^2$	0.095	(0.007)	0.096	(0.007)	0.084	(0.006)	0.147	(0.009)
${\sigma }_{ϵ4}^2$	0.079	(0.006)	0.081	(0.006)	0.079	(0.006)	0.120	(0.007)
${\sigma }_{ϵ5}^2$	0.106	(0.007)	0.107	(0.007)	0.111	(0.007)	0.151	(0.009)
${\sigma }_{ϵ6}^2$	0.101	(0.007)	0.100	(0.007)	0.095	(0.007)	0.145	(0.009)
${\sigma }_{ϵ7}^2$	0.126	(0.009)	0.124	(0.008)	0.104	(0.007)	0.157	(0.009)
${\sigma }_{{ϵ}_8}^2$	0.093	(0.007)	0.091	(0.006)	0.055	(0.006)	0.107	(0.006)
${\sigma }_{ϵ\mathrm{\alpha }}^2$	0.139	(0.009)	0.116	(0.008)	0.152	(0.012)	-
${\psi }_{\beta }^2$	-		-		0.003	(0.000)	-
${\psi }_{\alpha ,\beta }$	-		-		−0.010	(0.002)	-
Tm	409.997		465.963		322.211		594.011
df	137.000		167.000		169.000		165.000
p-value	0.000		0.000		0.000		0.000
IFI/RNI	0.957/0.956		0.884		0.941/0.940		0.834/0.833
RMSEA	0.060		0.057		0.041		0.069
BIC	−453.211		−586.268		−742.622		−445.619