Table 2. Bayesian information criteria indicating a three-latent class model fit.
LCA model | Number of parameters | Degrees of freedom | L2 p-value | BIC |
1 class | 10 | 1013 | <0.0001 | 3814 |
2 classes | 21 | 1002 | < 0.01 | 919 |
3 classes | 32 | 991 | 0.32 | -227 |
4 classes | 43 | 980 | 0.47 | -168 |
BIC: Bayesian information criteria; LCA: Latent class analysis; L2: Likelihood chi-squared. |