Table 2 Model fit information for 1–5 groups with general health specified as binary and variances free to vary across groups. In bold: the chosen optimal solution (based on fit and content)
From: Profiles of subjective health among people living alone: a latent class analysis
Number of groups | Log-likelihood | Free parameters | AIC | BIC | Adjusted BIC | Entropy | VLMR-LRT | Class counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | − 2714.6 | 6 | 5441.2 | 5469.9 | 5450.9 |  |  | 882 |
2 | − 2581.3 | 13 | 5188.5 | 5250.7 | 5209.4 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 563, 319 |
3 | − 2540.9 | 20 | 5121.7 | 5217.4 | 5153.9 | 0.54 | 0.63 | 235, 365, 282 |
4 | − 2512.5 | 27 | 5079.1 | 5208.2 | 5122.4 | 0.73 | 0.12 | 266, 306, 35, 274 |
5 | − 2486.8 | 34 | 5041.6 | 5204.1 | 5096.2 | 0.77 | 0.27 | 34, 308, 272, 247, 20 |