Table 4.

Parameter estimates (standard errors in brackets) of LV-ALT models fitted to the NLSY data (n = 545).

	LV-ALT1		LV-ALT2
ρ21	0.438	(0.134)	0.534	(0.073)
ρ32	0.458	(0.119)	0.537	(0.101)
ρ43	0.481	(0.110)	0.540	(0.089)
ρ54	0.526	(0.106)	0.564	(0.086)
ρ65	0.546	(0.103)	0.565	(0.089)
ρ76	0.572	(0.104)	0.574	(0.008)
ρ87	0.603	(0.106)	0.578	(0.111)
${\gamma }_{\mathit{SEI}}$	−0.005	(0.014)	0.024	(0.009)
${\gamma }_{\mathit{union}}$	0.038	(0.026)	0.073	(0.016)
${\gamma }_{\eta ,\mathit{educ}}$	0.039	(0.008)	-
${\gamma }_{\eta ,\mathit{black}}$	−0.089	(0.028)	-
${\gamma }_{{\eta }_{i1,\mathit{SEI}}}$	-		0.063	(0.035)
${\gamma }_{{\eta }_{i1,\mathit{union}}}$	-		0.252	(0.049)
${\gamma }_{{\eta }_{i1,\mathit{educ}}}$	-		0.062	(0.013)
${\gamma }_{{\eta }_{i1,\mathit{black}}}$	-		−0.060	(0.069)
${\gamma }_{\alpha ,\mathit{educ}}$	-		0.034	(0.009)
${\gamma }_{\beta ,\mathit{educ}}$	-		0.001	(0.001)
${\gamma }_{\beta ,\mathit{black}}$	-		−0.067	(0.041)
${\sigma }_{{\epsilon }_1}^2$	-		−0.005	(0.008)
${\mu }_{\eta 1}$	1.394	(0.024)	0.545	(0.160)
${\mu }_{\alpha }$	0.470	(0.132)	0.280	(0.101)
${\mu }_{\beta }$	−0.020	(0.025)	0.010	(0.016)
${\sigma }_{\epsilon 1}^2$	0.113	(0.012)	0.119	(0.010)
${\sigma }_{\epsilon 2}^2$	0.113	(0.012)	0.119	(0.010)
${\sigma }_{\epsilon 3}^2$	0.058	(0.009)	0.062	(0.009
${\sigma }_{\epsilon 4}^2$	0.049	(0.008)	0.052	(0.008)
${\sigma }_{\epsilon 5}^2$	0.078	(0.010)	0.081	(0.009)
${\sigma }_{\epsilon 6}^2$	0.072	(0.010)	0.074	(0.008)
${\sigma }_{\epsilon 7}^2$	0.088	(0.009)	0.090	(0.009)
${\sigma }_{\epsilon 8}^2$	0.023	(0.007)	0.026	(0.008)
${\psi }_{\eta 1}^2$	0.193	(0.022)	0.160	(0.018)
${\psi }_{\eta 2}^2$	0.027	(0.008)	0.023	(0.008)
${\psi }_{\eta 3}^2$	0.027	(0.008)	0.023	(0.008)
${\psi }_{\eta 4}^2$	0.027	(0.008)	0.023	(0.008)
${\psi }_{\eta 5}^2$	0.027	(0.008)	0.023	(0.008)
${\psi }_{\eta 6}^2$	0.027	(0.008)	0.023	(0.008)
${\psi }_{\eta 7}^2$	0.027	(0.008)	0.023	(0.008)
${\psi }_{\eta 8}^2$	0.027	(0.008)	0.023	(0.008)
${\psi }_{\alpha }^2$	0.070	(0.020)	0.050	(0.012)
${\psi }_{\beta }^2$	0.001	(0.000)	0.001	(0.000)
${\psi }_{\alpha ,{\eta }_1}$	0.053	(0.017)	0.034	(0.011)
${\psi }_{\beta ,{\eta }_1}$	−0.004	(0.002)	−0.001	(0.001)
${\psi }_{\alpha ,\beta }$	−0.008	(0.002)	−0.005	(0.001)
Tm	128.318		215.692
df	100.000		160.000
p-value	0.030		0.002
IFI/RNI	0.995		0.978
RMSEA	0.023		0.025
BIC	−501.761		−792.434