Table 2.

Comparison of various LCA (BIC, L ², classification error, entropy, and relative reduction in L ²)

Model	L 2	BIC	Number of parameters	Classification error	Entropy	Reduction in L 2 (%)
1 class	6000	−10473	11	0	1.00	0
2 classes	1841	−14536	23	0.0539	0.82	69
3 classes	1341	−14937	35	0.1120	0.74	78
4 classes	1278	−14904	47	0.1559	0.70	79
5 classes	1228	−14858	59	0.1920	0.69	80
3 classes with direct effect	1128	−14986	43	0.1100	0.74	79

BIC, Bayesian information criterion.