Table 2 Latent Class Growth Analysis (LCGA) based on the total sample
No. of classes | AIC | BIC | BLRT | VLMR | Entropy | Average Latent Class Probabilities for Most Likely Latent Class Membership (%) | Sample Size Per Class Based on Most Likely Class Membership | The Number of Random Start Values and Final Iterations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 29,901.46 | 29,971.54 | –– | –– | –– | 100 | 1103 | 200, 20 |
2 | 28,520.17 | 28,615.28 | p < .05 | p < .05 | 0.773 | 92/94 | 324/779 | 200, 20 |
3 | 28,248.55 | 28,368.69 | p < .05 | p = .07 | 0.690 | 89/77/85 | 612/342/149 | 200, 20 |
4 | 28,090.97 | 28,236.14 | p < .05 | p < .05 | 0.703 | 84/78/87/75 | 102/276/597/128 | 200, 20 |
5 | 27,997.88 | 28,168.08 | p < .05 | p = .20 | 0.664 | 77/72/71/82/87 | 122/292/169/471/49 | 200, 20 |
6 | 27,928.51 | 28,123.74 | p < .05 | p = .61 | 0.664 | 81/85/70/71/72/86 | 483/46/268/121/141/44 | 200, 20 |
7 | 27,871.38 | 28,091.64 | p < .05 | p = .11 | 0.653 | 87/84/78/74/72/71/62 | 41/34/432/166/62/190/178 | 200, 20 |