Table 2.
Fit Statistics for First-and Second-Order Latent Class
| # classes | G2 | BIC | AIC | # classes | G2 | BIC | AIC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 (N≈10200) | 2 | 2249 | 2443 | 2291 | Wave 2 (N≈8950) | 2 | 2839 | 3085 | 2893 |
| 3 | 1327 | 1623 | 1391 | 3 | 2675 | 3048 | 2757 | ||
| 4 | 936 | 1333 | 1022 | 4 | 2546 | 3047 | 2656 | ||
| 5 | 838 | 1337 | 946 | 5 | 2478 | 3106 | 2616 | ||
| 6 | 763 | 1363 | 893 | 6 | 2411 | 3166 | 2577 | ||
| 7 | 727 | 1429 | 879 | 7 | 2352 | 3235 | 2546 | ||
| 8 | 689 | 1492 | 863 | 8 | 2295 | 3305 | 2517 | ||
| 9 | 654 | 1559 | 850 | 9 | 2244 | 3381 | 2494 | ||
| 10 | 626 | 1633 | 844 | 10 | 2193 | 3458 | 2471 | ||
| 11 | 596 | 1704 | 836 | 11 | 2147 | 3539 | 2453 | ||
| 12 | 571 | 1781 | 833 | 12 | 2107 | 3626 | 2441 | ||
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| Wave 3 (N≈8000) | 2 | 73975 | 74488 | 74089 | Wave K (N≈6550) | 2 | 55293 | 55794 | 55407 |
| 3 | 72463 | 73236 | 72635 | 3 | 53972 | 54728 | 54144 | ||
| 4 | 72002 | 73035 | 72232 | 4 | 53552 | 54562 | 53782 | ||
| 5 | 71633 | 72928 | 71921 | 5 | 53160 | 54425 | 53448 | ||
| 6 | 71381 | 72936 | 71727 | 6 | 52855 | 54375 | 53201 | ||
| 7 | 71175 | 72991 | 71579 | 7 | 52634 | 54409 | 53038 | ||
| 8 | 70979 | 73055 | 71441 | 8 | 52445 | 54475 | 52907 | ||
| 9 | 70799 | 73136 | 71319 | 9 | 52280 | 54564 | 52800 | ||
| 10 | 70620 | 73218 | 71198 | 10 | 52127 | 54666 | 52705 | ||
| 11 | 70459 | 73317 | 71095 | 11 | 51966 | 54760 | 52602 | ||
| 12 | 70293 | 73412 | 70987 | 12 | 51827 | 54875 | 52521 | ||
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| Second order (N≈6550) | 2 | 1782 | 2054 | 1844 | |||||
| 3 | 1458 | 1871 | 1552 | ||||||
| 4 | 1218 | 1771 | 1344 | ||||||
| 5 | 1050 | 1744 | 1208 | ||||||
| 6 | 955 | 1790 | 1145 | ||||||
| 7 | 868 | 1843 | 1090 | ||||||
| 8 | 787 | 1903 | 1041 | ||||||
| 9 | 722 | 1978 | 1008 | ||||||
| 10 | 671 | 2068 | 989 | ||||||
| 11 | 625 | 2162 | 975 | ||||||
| 12 | 580 | 2258 | 962 | ||||||
Source: ECLS-B
Notes: Accounts for complex sampling design.