Table 2 Best fit and diagnostic criteria for latent class models of one to six class solutions
Class | LL | AIC | BIC | Adjusted BIC | Entropy | LMR (p-value) | BLRT (p-value) | Smallest class count (n) | Smallest class size (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One-class | -2401.0 | 4832.1 | 4890.2 | 4842.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 355 | 100 |
Two-class | -2325.7 | 4713.5 | 4833.5 | 4735.2 | 0.61 | 148.9 (< 0.01) | -2401.0 (< 0.01) | 167/188 | 47.0/53.0 |
Three-class | -2307.6 | 4709.2 | 4891.2 | 4742.1 | 0.69 | 35.9 (0.91) | -2325.7 (0.09) | 56/199/100 | 15.8/56.1/28.2 |
Four-class | -2294.1 | 4714.2 | 4958.1 | 4758.3 | 0.82 | 27.1 (1.00) | -2307.8 (0.67) | 89/67/143/56 | 25.1/18.9/40.3/15.8 |
Five-class | -2279.5 | 4717.0 | 5022.9 | 4772.2 | 0.76 | 29.6 (0.80) | -2294.4 (1.00) | 135/74/69/41/36 | 38.0/20.8/19.4/11.5/10.1 |
Six-class | -2265.6 | 4721.3 | 5089.1 | 4787.7 | 0.76 | 40.3 (0.78) | -2286.0 (0.33) | 46/81/40/30/77/81 | 13.0/22.8/11.3/8.4/21.7/22.8 |