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Table 5 Item-Response Probabilities (Standard Errors) for 3-class MLCA model of romantic and sexual behaviors

From: The pattern of romantic and sexual related experiences among Chinese young adolescents: an exploration with multi-group latent class analysis

  

Latent class

 
 

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Male (n=746)

Female (n=734)

Male (n=82)

Female (n=85)

Male (n=39)

Female (n=22)

Class Membership Probabilities

0.44

0.43

0.05

0.05

0.02

0.01

Behavioral Indicators

 Ever flirted using social media

0.04 (0.01)

0.03 (0.01)

0.40 (0.09)

0.58 (0.07)

0.88 (0.08)

0.42 (0.30)

 Ever held hands

0.10 (0.02)

0.09 (0.01)

1 (<0.01)

0.95 (0.04)

0.82 (0.09)

0.11 (0.30)

 Ever hugged/cuddled

0.01 (<0.01)

0.02 (0.01)

0.54 (0.11)

0.75 (0.14)

0.83 (0.11)

0 (<0.01)

 Ever kissed

0.01 (<0.01)

<0.01 (<0.01)

0.06 (0.04)

0.22 (0.06)

0.59 (0.13)

0.02 (0.02)

 Ever had sexual touch/fondled

0.02 (0.01)

0.01 (<0.01)

0.03 (0.04)

0.15 (0.06)

0.71 (0.12)

0.16 (0.16)

 Ever watched porn

0.19 (0.02)

0.12 (0.03)

0.42 (0.06)

0.45 (0.09)

0.85 (0.09)

0.99 (<0.01)

  1. Item-response probabilities greater than 0.5 are bolded to facilitate interpretation