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Table 3 Model fit statistics for Latent Class analysis models with 1 to 10 classes

From: Using latent class analysis to develop a model of the relationship between socioeconomic position and ethnicity: cross-sectional analyses from a multi-ethnic birth cohort study

Number of classes

Log-likelihood

% reduction in L

BIC

Entropy

1

-141158

0

282689

1.0

2

-129500

8.3

259757

0.86

3

-127143

9.9

255426

0.77

4

-126197

10.6

253915

0.76

5

-125536

11.1

252977

0.77

6

-125012

11.4

252312

0.74

7

-124654

11.7

251978

0.75

8

-124335

11.9

251722

0.75

9

-124055

12.1

251545

0.76

10

-123816

12.3

251450

0.75