Table 3

Results of longitudinal latent class analysis for total walking and walking for transport and for recreation

Total time spent walkingTime spent walking for recreationTime spent walking for transport
Two classesThree classesFour classesFive classesTwo classesThree classesFour classesFive classesSix classesTwo classesThree classesFour classesFive classesSix classes
Sequential model comparisons2 v 13 v 24 v 35 v 42 v 13 v 24 v 35 v 46 v 52 v 13 v 24 v 35 v 46 v 5
 Log likelihood values for T classes−10931.2 −10156.5 H0 Loglikelihood Value -10156.506−9853.1−9675.2−9123.4−8858.4−8666.8−8570.0−8483.6−8906.2−8643.5−8453.5−8278.2−8163.7
 −2 difference in log likelihood1549.4606.8201.4154.11509.30530.03383.06193.52172.981157.37525.24380.02350.52229.13
 Lo-Mendell-Rubin adjusted LRT value1496.8586.3194.6148.91458.28512.11370.11186.98167.131118.21525.24367.161338.67221.38
 Lo-Mendell-Rubin adjusted LRT p value0.0010.0010.0010.1440.0010.0300.0480.14170.1590.0360.4660.05120.04760.420
 Bootstrap LRT p value0.0010.0010.0100.1530.0010.0010.0010.0010.0010.0010.4720.0010.0010.001
Information criterion
 AIC20333.019734.119540.719394.518266.717744.717369.617184.117019.117832.317315.116943.016600.516379.4
 BIC20384.219805.819632.819507.218318.217816.817462.317297.317153.017883.717387.017035.616713.616513.0
 Sample size adjusted BIC20352.519761.319575.719437.318286.417772.317405.117227.517070.417851.917342.616978.416643.716430.4
 Entropy0.930.9120.9120.8700.9460.9450.9500.9550.9540.9670.9450.9370.9550.946
 Smallest class size (%)14.65.04.84.113.92.62.42.63.177.31.90.790.640.55
  • AIC, BIC difference in the number of parameters for all models is 4.

  • AIC, Akaike Information Criterion BIC, Bayesian Information Criterion; LRT, likelihood ratio test.