Table 7 Results of approximate scalar invariance model with prior variance of 0.04 for the differences in item intercepts of the Urbanicity Scale from 2004 to 2011

6.79

0.09

−0.61*

− 0.28*

0.24*

0.65*

18.6%

6.33

0.10

−0.07*

− 0.03

0.04

0.06*

2.0%

5.45

0.07

−0.44*

−0.02

0.18*

0.27*

13.0%

7.24

0.18

−0.35*

−0.01

0.05

0.31*

9.1%

5.75

0.12

−0.04

− 0.24*

0.21*

0.08

7.8%

7.80

0.13

−0.53*

−0.21*

0.28*

0.46*

12.6%

5.22

0.19

0.11

0.01

−0.01

−0.11

4.3%

3.93

0.15

−0.24*

−0.11

0.12

0.24*

12.2%

5.66

0.11

0.20*

0.15

0.29*

−0.64*

16.4%

3.92

0.11

−0.15*

−0.03

− 0.01

0.19*

8.6%

4.92

0.16

0.16

0.06

−0.10

− 0.11

5.4%

7.36

0.17

−0.18*

−0.02

0.10

0.11

3.9%