Table 3.
Measurement invariance models for developmental assets and mental health indicators by country and gender.
| Model | Model fit indices | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| χ2 (df) | RMSEA | 90% CI RMSEA | CFI/TLI | χ2 (df) | RMSEA | 90% CI RMSEA | CFI/TLI | |
| Developmental Assets | ||||||||
| Country | Gender | |||||||
| Configural invariance | 49.79 (24) | 0.063 | 0.038–0.088 | 0.977/0.947 | 35.06 (24) | 0.042 | 0.000–0.070 | 0.990/0.976 |
| Metric invariance | 51.26 (30) | 0.051 | 0.025–0.074 | 0.981/0.965 | 50.85 (30) | 0.051 | 0.025–0.075 | 0.980/0.963 |
| Scalar invariance | 99.82 (36) | 0.081 | 0.062–0.100 | 0.943/0.912 | 85.52 (36) | 0.072 | 0.052–0.092 | 0.953/0.927 |
| Partial scalar invariance | 62.07 (33) | 0.057 | 0.034–0.078 | 0.974/0.956 | 61.01 (33) | 0.056 | 0.033–0.078 | 0.974/0.955 |
| Mental Health | ||||||||
| Configural invariance | 295.97 (126) | 0.070 | 0.060–0.081 | 0.946/0.921 | 249.91 (126) | 0.061 | 0.050–0.072 | 0.959/0.941 |
| Metric invariance | 306.85 (137) | 0.068 | 0.057–0.078 | 0.946/0.928 | 258.47 (137) | 0.058 | 0.047–0.068 | 0.960/0.947 |
| Scalar invariance | 355.48 (148) | 0.072 | 0.062–0.081 | 0.934/0.918 | 272.85 (148) | 0.056 | 0.046–0.067 | 0.959/0.949 |
χ2, Chi-Square; df, degrees of freedom; CFI, Comparative Fit Index; TLI, Tucker Lewis Index; RMSEA, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation; CI, Confidence Interval; Configural, same number of factors and factor loading pattern across groups; Metric, equality of the factor loadings; Scalar, equality of the factor loadings and intercepts.