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Table 3 Transition probabilities of health risk behaviors clusters

From: Changes in the clustering of health-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining predictors using latent transition analysis

 

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3

Cluster 4

Transition probabilities from T0 (rows) to T1 (columns)

 Cluster 1: ‘Lower risk’

0.99

0a

0a

0.01

 Cluster 2: ‘Smokers and drinkers’

0.37

0.31

0.13

0.19

 Cluster 3: ‘Binge-drinkers and marijuana users’

0.43

0b

0.52

0.05

 Cluster 4: ‘Smokers and binge-drinkers’

0.33

0.14

0.06

0.47

Transition probabilities from T1 (rows) to T2 (columns)

 Cluster 1: ‘Lower risk’

0.98

0a

0.02

0.01

 Cluster 2: ‘Smokers and drinkers’

0a

0.38

0a

0.63

 Cluster 3: ‘Binge-drinkers and marijuana users’

0.16

0a

0.82

0.03

 Cluster 4: ‘Smokers and binge-drinkers’

0.27

0.05

0.11

0.58

  1. Transition probabilities in bold correspond to staying in the same HRB cluster
  2. Transition probabilities sum to 1.0 (with rounding error) across rows
  3. aTransitions not estimated in model but instead fixed to 0 in Mplus
  4. bTransitions < 0.01 and rounded to 0