Mplus VERSION 6
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
04/25/2010  10:58 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

  TITLE:
          cont8

          Growth model for two parallel processes observed over
          four time points. Regression of the slope in one process
          on the intercept of the other and a covariate.
          Non-linear growth for the first process by estimating the
          last two timesteps. Linear growth for the second process.

          First process: y11, y12, y13, y14
          Second process: y21, y22, y23, y24

          Complex sample analysis (aggregated or marginal model),
          taking clustering (non-independence of observations) into
          account. Compare results with wGrowthp1 (same growth model).

          For related work, see:

          Muthen, B. (1997). Latent variable modeling with longitudinal
          and and multilevel data.  In A. Raftery (ed.), Sociological
          Methodology 1997 (pp. 453-480).  Boston: Blackwell Publishers.


  DATA:
          FILE IS comp.dat;
         FORMAT is 3f8 f8.4 8f8.2 3f8 2f8.2;

  VARIABLE:
          NAMES ARE g1 g2 cluster g3
          y11-y14
          y21-y24
          x1-x5;
          USEOBS = (x1 EQ 1 AND g1 EQ 2);
          MISSING = ALL (999);
          USEVAR =  y11-y24 x4;
          CLUSTER = cluster;

  ANALYSIS:
          TYPE = MEANSTRUCTURE COMPLEX;

  MODEL:
          level1 BY y11-y14@1;
          trend1 BY y11@0 y12@1 y13*2.5 y14*3.5;
          level2 BY y21-y24@1;
          trend2 BY y21@0 y22@1 y23@2 y24@3;

          [y11-y24@0];
          [level1 trend1 level2 trend2];

          level1-trend2 ON x4;

  !        the statement above lets all 4 growth factors be
  !        regressed on the covariate,
  !        while the statement below adds that the trend
  !        growth factors are also regressed on the level
  !        growth factor of the other process

          trend1 ON level2;
          trend2 ON level1;

           level1 WITH level2;

  !        the statement above correlates the residuals of the
  !        level growth factors, while the residuals of the
  !        trend growth factors are correlated by default given
  !        that the trend growth factors do not influence other
  !        latent variables

          y21 WITH y22;

  !        the statement above correlates the residuals of the
  !        second growth process' first two outcomes


  OUTPUT:  STANDARDIZED;




*** WARNING in ANALYSIS command
  Starting with Version 5, TYPE=MEANSTRUCTURE is the default for all
  analyses.  To remove means from the model, use
  MODEL=NOMEANSTRUCTURE in the ANALYSIS command.
*** WARNING in VARIABLE command
  When a subpopulation is analyzed with TYPE=COMPLEX, standard errors
  may be incorrect.  Use the SUBPOPULATION option instead of the
  USEOBSERVATIONS option to obtain correct standard errors.
*** WARNING
  Data set contains cases with missing on all variables.
  These cases were not included in the analysis.
  Number of cases with missing on all variables:  1
*** WARNING
  Data set contains cases with missing on x-variables.
  These cases were not included in the analysis.
  Number of cases with missing on x-variables:  6
*** WARNING
  Data set contains cases with missing on all variables except
  x-variables.  These cases were not included in the analysis.
  Number of cases with missing on all variables except x-variables:  1
   5 WARNING(S) FOUND IN THE INPUT INSTRUCTIONS




cont8

Growth model for two parallel processes observed over
four time points. Regression of the slope in one process
on the intercept of the other and a covariate.
Non-linear growth for the first process by estimating the
last two timesteps. Linear growth for the second process.

First process: y11, y12, y13, y14
Second process: y21, y22, y23, y24

Complex sample analysis (aggregated or marginal model),
taking clustering (non-independence of observations) into
account. Compare results with wGrowthp1 (same growth model).

For related work, see:

Muthen, B. (1997). Latent variable modeling with longitudinal
and and multilevel data.  In A. Raftery (ed.), Sociological
Methodology 1997 (pp. 453-480).  Boston: Blackwell Publishers.

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Number of observations                                        1482

Number of dependent variables                                    8
Number of independent variables                                  1
Number of continuous latent variables                            4

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   Y11         Y12         Y13         Y14         Y21         Y22
   Y23         Y24

Observed independent variables
   X4

Continuous latent variables
   LEVEL1      TREND1      LEVEL2      TREND2

Variables with special functions

  Cluster variable      CLUSTER

Estimator                                                      MLR
Information matrix                                        OBSERVED
Maximum number of iterations                                  1000
Convergence criterion                                    0.500D-04
Maximum number of steepest descent iterations                   20
Maximum number of iterations for H1                           2000
Convergence criterion for H1                             0.100D-03

Input data file(s)
  comp.dat

Input data format
  (3F8 F8.4 8F8.2 3F8 2F8.2)


SUMMARY OF DATA

     Number of missing data patterns            49
     Number of clusters          52



COVARIANCE COVERAGE OF DATA

Minimum covariance coverage value   0.100


     PROPORTION OF DATA PRESENT


           Covariance Coverage
              Y11           Y12           Y13           Y14           Y21
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y11            0.986
 Y12            0.881         0.889
 Y13            0.789         0.757         0.798
 Y14            0.742         0.707         0.702         0.749
 Y21            0.978         0.881         0.790         0.742         0.991
 Y22            0.865         0.868         0.744         0.694         0.868
 Y23            0.778         0.746         0.769         0.690         0.779
 Y24            0.756         0.720         0.710         0.735         0.756
 X4             0.986         0.889         0.798         0.749         0.991


           Covariance Coverage
              Y22           Y23           Y24           X4
              ________      ________      ________      ________
 Y22            0.876
 Y23            0.732         0.787
 Y24            0.707         0.702         0.763
 X4             0.876         0.787         0.763         1.000



THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY



TESTS OF MODEL FIT

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit

          Value                             48.120*
          Degrees of Freedom                    25
          P-Value                           0.0036
          Scaling Correction Factor          1.268
            for MLR

*   The chi-square value for MLM, MLMV, MLR, ULSMV, WLSM and WLSMV cannot be used
    for chi-square difference testing in the regular way.  MLM, MLR and WLSM
    chi-square difference testing is described on the Mplus website.  MLMV, WLSMV,
    and ULSMV difference testing is done using the DIFFTEST option.

Chi-Square Test of Model Fit for the Baseline Model

          Value                           5391.440
          Degrees of Freedom                    36
          P-Value                           0.0000

CFI/TLI

          CFI                                0.996
          TLI                                0.994

Loglikelihood

          H0 Value                      -29827.812
          H0 Scaling Correction Factor       1.901
            for MLR
          H1 Value                      -29797.315
          H1 Scaling Correction Factor       1.597
            for MLR

Information Criteria

          Number of Free Parameters             27
          Akaike (AIC)                   59709.624
          Bayesian (BIC)                 59852.755
          Sample-Size Adjusted BIC       59766.984
            (n* = (n + 2) / 24)

RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)

          Estimate                           0.025
          90 Percent C.I.                    0.014  0.036
          Probability RMSEA <= .05           1.000

SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)

          Value                              0.036



MODEL RESULTS

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 LEVEL1   BY
    Y11                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y13                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y14                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 TREND1   BY
    Y11                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y13                2.331      0.186     12.532      0.000
    Y14                3.378      0.295     11.451      0.000

 LEVEL2   BY
    Y21                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y23                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y24                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 TREND2   BY
    Y21                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                1.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y23                2.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y24                3.000      0.000    999.000    999.000

 TREND1   ON
    LEVEL2             0.221      0.068      3.258      0.001

 TREND2   ON
    LEVEL1            -0.009      0.003     -2.519      0.012

 LEVEL1   ON
    X4                 3.963      0.476      8.332      0.000

 TREND1   ON
    X4                 0.326      0.109      2.988      0.003

 LEVEL2   ON
    X4                 0.185      0.108      1.708      0.088

 TREND2   ON
    X4                 0.022      0.053      0.416      0.678

 LEVEL1   WITH
    LEVEL2             5.213      0.734      7.100      0.000

 TREND2   WITH
    TREND1             0.077      0.083      0.932      0.351

 Y21      WITH
    Y22                0.940      0.218      4.315      0.000

 Intercepts
    Y11                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y13                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y14                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y21                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y23                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y24                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    LEVEL1            51.664      0.537     96.208      0.000
    TREND1             0.129      0.683      0.189      0.850
    LEVEL2            11.147      0.104    107.656      0.000
    TREND2             0.146      0.186      0.788      0.431

 Residual Variances
    Y11               11.909      1.528      7.795      0.000
    Y12               13.902      1.291     10.772      0.000
    Y13               16.623      1.525     10.903      0.000
    Y14               26.400      3.511      7.520      0.000
    Y21                4.212      0.259     16.247      0.000
    Y22                3.699      0.239     15.473      0.000
    Y23                3.412      0.203     16.836      0.000
    Y24                3.365      0.311     10.820      0.000
    LEVEL1            68.630      3.065     22.389      0.000
    TREND1             1.836      0.461      3.984      0.000
    LEVEL2             3.147      0.265     11.892      0.000
    TREND2             0.263      0.041      6.424      0.000


STANDARDIZED MODEL RESULTS


STDYX Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 LEVEL1   BY
    Y11                0.931      0.009    108.281      0.000
    Y12                0.892      0.009     95.874      0.000
    Y13                0.823      0.012     66.785      0.000
    Y14                0.742      0.016     46.464      0.000

 TREND1   BY
    Y11                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                0.146      0.017      8.680      0.000
    Y13                0.314      0.021     15.102      0.000
    Y14                0.410      0.025     16.643      0.000

 LEVEL2   BY
    Y21                0.655      0.023     28.852      0.000
    Y22                0.671      0.023     29.541      0.000
    Y23                0.651      0.023     27.780      0.000
    Y24                0.604      0.023     25.793      0.000

 TREND2   BY
    Y21                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                0.195      0.016     12.184      0.000
    Y23                0.379      0.028     13.398      0.000
    Y24                0.528      0.038     13.846      0.000

 TREND1   ON
    LEVEL2             0.274      0.073      3.748      0.000

 TREND2   ON
    LEVEL1            -0.148      0.059     -2.496      0.013

 LEVEL1   ON
    X4                 0.332      0.036      9.258      0.000

 TREND1   ON
    X4                 0.167      0.052      3.225      0.001

 LEVEL2   ON
    X4                 0.076      0.044      1.738      0.082

 TREND2   ON
    X4                 0.031      0.075      0.415      0.678

 LEVEL1   WITH
    LEVEL2             0.355      0.044      8.150      0.000

 TREND2   WITH
    TREND1             0.111      0.120      0.931      0.352

 Y21      WITH
    Y22                0.238      0.049      4.833      0.000

 Intercepts
    Y11                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y13                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y14                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y21                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y23                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y24                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    LEVEL1             5.883      0.166     35.460      0.000
    TREND1             0.090      0.478      0.188      0.851
    LEVEL2             6.266      0.281     22.319      0.000
    TREND2             0.282      0.357      0.790      0.429

 Residual Variances
    Y11                0.134      0.016      8.361      0.000
    Y12                0.143      0.012     12.358      0.000
    Y13                0.146      0.013     11.102      0.000
    Y14                0.188      0.023      8.085      0.000
    Y21                0.571      0.030     19.200      0.000
    Y22                0.525      0.028     19.079      0.000
    Y23                0.457      0.021     21.826      0.000
    Y24                0.388      0.031     12.414      0.000
    LEVEL1             0.890      0.024     37.436      0.000
    TREND1             0.890      0.050     17.871      0.000
    LEVEL2             0.994      0.007    147.713      0.000
    TREND2             0.980      0.015     63.704      0.000


STDY Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 LEVEL1   BY
    Y11                0.931      0.009    108.281      0.000
    Y12                0.892      0.009     95.874      0.000
    Y13                0.823      0.012     66.785      0.000
    Y14                0.742      0.016     46.464      0.000

 TREND1   BY
    Y11                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                0.146      0.017      8.680      0.000
    Y13                0.314      0.021     15.102      0.000
    Y14                0.410      0.025     16.643      0.000

 LEVEL2   BY
    Y21                0.655      0.023     28.852      0.000
    Y22                0.671      0.023     29.541      0.000
    Y23                0.651      0.023     27.780      0.000
    Y24                0.604      0.023     25.793      0.000

 TREND2   BY
    Y21                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                0.195      0.016     12.184      0.000
    Y23                0.379      0.028     13.398      0.000
    Y24                0.528      0.038     13.846      0.000

 TREND1   ON
    LEVEL2             0.274      0.073      3.748      0.000

 TREND2   ON
    LEVEL1            -0.148      0.059     -2.496      0.013

 LEVEL1   ON
    X4                 0.451      0.048      9.417      0.000

 TREND1   ON
    X4                 0.227      0.070      3.233      0.001

 LEVEL2   ON
    X4                 0.104      0.060      1.739      0.082

 TREND2   ON
    X4                 0.043      0.103      0.415      0.678

 LEVEL1   WITH
    LEVEL2             0.355      0.044      8.150      0.000

 TREND2   WITH
    TREND1             0.111      0.120      0.931      0.352

 Y21      WITH
    Y22                0.238      0.049      4.833      0.000

 Intercepts
    Y11                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y13                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y14                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y21                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y23                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y24                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    LEVEL1             5.883      0.166     35.460      0.000
    TREND1             0.090      0.478      0.188      0.851
    LEVEL2             6.266      0.281     22.319      0.000
    TREND2             0.282      0.357      0.790      0.429

 Residual Variances
    Y11                0.134      0.016      8.361      0.000
    Y12                0.143      0.012     12.358      0.000
    Y13                0.146      0.013     11.102      0.000
    Y14                0.188      0.023      8.085      0.000
    Y21                0.571      0.030     19.200      0.000
    Y22                0.525      0.028     19.079      0.000
    Y23                0.457      0.021     21.826      0.000
    Y24                0.388      0.031     12.414      0.000
    LEVEL1             0.890      0.024     37.436      0.000
    TREND1             0.890      0.050     17.871      0.000
    LEVEL2             0.994      0.007    147.713      0.000
    TREND2             0.980      0.015     63.704      0.000


STD Standardization

                                                    Two-Tailed
                    Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

 LEVEL1   BY
    Y11                8.782      0.222     39.484      0.000
    Y12                8.782      0.222     39.484      0.000
    Y13                8.782      0.222     39.484      0.000
    Y14                8.782      0.222     39.484      0.000

 TREND1   BY
    Y11                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                1.436      0.176      8.142      0.000
    Y13                3.348      0.243     13.802      0.000
    Y14                4.851      0.324     14.964      0.000

 LEVEL2   BY
    Y21                1.779      0.076     23.467      0.000
    Y22                1.779      0.076     23.467      0.000
    Y23                1.779      0.076     23.467      0.000
    Y24                1.779      0.076     23.467      0.000

 TREND2   BY
    Y21                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                0.518      0.040     13.073      0.000
    Y23                1.037      0.079     13.073      0.000
    Y24                1.555      0.119     13.073      0.000

 TREND1   ON
    LEVEL2             0.274      0.073      3.748      0.000

 TREND2   ON
    LEVEL1            -0.148      0.059     -2.496      0.013

 LEVEL1   ON
    X4                 0.451      0.048      9.417      0.000

 TREND1   ON
    X4                 0.227      0.070      3.233      0.001

 LEVEL2   ON
    X4                 0.104      0.060      1.739      0.082

 TREND2   ON
    X4                 0.043      0.103      0.415      0.678

 LEVEL1   WITH
    LEVEL2             0.355      0.044      8.150      0.000

 TREND2   WITH
    TREND1             0.111      0.120      0.931      0.352

 Y21      WITH
    Y22                0.940      0.218      4.315      0.000

 Intercepts
    Y11                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y12                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y13                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y14                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y21                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y22                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y23                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    Y24                0.000      0.000    999.000    999.000
    LEVEL1             5.883      0.166     35.460      0.000
    TREND1             0.090      0.478      0.188      0.851
    LEVEL2             6.266      0.281     22.319      0.000
    TREND2             0.282      0.357      0.790      0.429

 Residual Variances
    Y11               11.909      1.528      7.795      0.000
    Y12               13.902      1.291     10.772      0.000
    Y13               16.623      1.525     10.903      0.000
    Y14               26.400      3.511      7.520      0.000
    Y21                4.212      0.259     16.247      0.000
    Y22                3.699      0.239     15.473      0.000
    Y23                3.412      0.203     16.836      0.000
    Y24                3.365      0.311     10.820      0.000
    LEVEL1             0.890      0.024     37.436      0.000
    TREND1             0.890      0.050     17.871      0.000
    LEVEL2             0.994      0.007    147.713      0.000
    TREND2             0.980      0.015     63.704      0.000


R-SQUARE

    Observed                                        Two-Tailed
    Variable        Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

    Y11                0.866      0.016     54.140      0.000
    Y12                0.857      0.012     73.828      0.000
    Y13                0.854      0.013     65.027      0.000
    Y14                0.812      0.023     34.831      0.000
    Y21                0.429      0.030     14.426      0.000
    Y22                0.475      0.028     17.228      0.000
    Y23                0.543      0.021     25.919      0.000
    Y24                0.612      0.031     19.556      0.000

     Latent                                         Two-Tailed
    Variable        Estimate       S.E.  Est./S.E.    P-Value

    LEVEL1             0.110      0.024      4.629      0.000
    TREND1             0.110      0.050      2.204      0.028
    LEVEL2             0.006      0.007      0.869      0.385
    TREND2             0.020      0.015      1.296      0.195


QUALITY OF NUMERICAL RESULTS

     Condition Number for the Information Matrix              0.661E-06
       (ratio of smallest to largest eigenvalue)


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