Mplus VERSION 7.4
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06/03/2016 1:49 PM
INPUT INSTRUCTIONS
TITLE:
bengt\Mplus\FAS\Growth\Combo1new.INP
advp: mother's drinking before pregnancy
advm1-advm3: drinking in first trimester
momalc2-momalc3: drinking in 2nd and 3rd trimesters
hcirc0-hcirc36; head circumference
DATA:
file is headalln.dat; format is 1f8.2,47f7.2;
Variable:
names are id weight0 weight8 weight18 weight36 height0
height8 height18 height36 hcirc0 hcirc8 hcirc18 hcirc36
momalc1 momalc2 momalc3 momalc8 momalc18 momalc36
momcig1 momcig2 momcig3 momcig8 momcig18 momcig36
male black momht gestage age8 age18 age36 esteem8
esteem18 esteem36 faminc0 faminc8 faminc18 faminc36
momdrg36 gravid sick8 sick18 sick36
advp advm1 advm2 advm3 ;
MISSING = ALL (999);
USEV = momalc3 momcig3
hcirc0 hcirc36 male black;
useobs = id ne 1121 and
not (momalc1 eq 999 and momalc2 eq 999 and momalc3 eq 999);
Define:
hcirc0=hcirc0/10;
hcirc36=hcirc36/10;
momalc3 = log(momalc3 +1);
analysis:
bootstrap = 5000;
Model:
hcirc36 on hcirc0 male black;
hcirc0 on momalc3 momcig3 male black;
MODEL INDIRECT:
hcirc36 IND momalc3;
hcirc36 IND momcig3;
Output:
sampstat stdyx cinterval(bootstrap);
*** 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
1 WARNING(S) FOUND IN THE INPUT INSTRUCTIONS
bengt\Mplus\FAS\Growth\Combo1new.INP
advp: mother's drinking before pregnancy
advm1-advm3: drinking in first trimester
momalc2-momalc3: drinking in 2nd and 3rd trimesters
hcirc0-hcirc36; head circumference
SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS
Number of groups 1
Number of observations 593
Number of dependent variables 2
Number of independent variables 4
Number of continuous latent variables 0
Observed dependent variables
Continuous
HCIRC0 HCIRC36
Observed independent variables
MOMALC3 MOMCIG3 MALE BLACK
Estimator ML
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
Number of bootstrap draws
Requested 5000
Completed 5000
Input data file(s)
headalln.dat
Input data format
(1F8.2,47F7.2)
SUMMARY OF DATA
Number of missing data patterns 3
COVARIANCE COVERAGE OF DATA
Minimum covariance coverage value 0.100
PROPORTION OF DATA PRESENT
Covariance Coverage
HCIRC0 HCIRC36 MOMALC3 MOMCIG3 MALE
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
HCIRC0 0.987
HCIRC36 0.838 0.852
MOMALC3 0.987 0.852 1.000
MOMCIG3 0.987 0.852 1.000 1.000
MALE 0.987 0.852 1.000 1.000 1.000
BLACK 0.987 0.852 1.000 1.000 1.000
Covariance Coverage
BLACK
________
BLACK 1.000
SAMPLE STATISTICS
ESTIMATED SAMPLE STATISTICS
Means
HCIRC0 HCIRC36 MOMALC3 MOMCIG3 MALE
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
1 34.104 49.818 0.090 9.541 0.497
Means
BLACK
________
1 0.509
Covariances
HCIRC0 HCIRC36 MOMALC3 MOMCIG3 MALE
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
HCIRC0 2.222
HCIRC36 1.007 1.985
MOMALC3 -0.047 -0.040 0.063
MOMCIG3 -1.277 -1.095 0.172 162.558
MALE 0.130 0.244 -0.005 -0.360 0.250
BLACK 0.130 0.029 -0.019 1.806 -0.002
Covariances
BLACK
________
BLACK 0.250
Correlations
HCIRC0 HCIRC36 MOMALC3 MOMCIG3 MALE
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
HCIRC0 1.000
HCIRC36 0.479 1.000
MOMALC3 -0.125 -0.114 1.000
MOMCIG3 -0.067 -0.061 0.054 1.000
MALE 0.174 0.346 -0.042 -0.057 1.000
BLACK 0.174 0.041 -0.148 0.283 -0.008
Correlations
BLACK
________
BLACK 1.000
MAXIMUM LOG-LIKELIHOOD VALUE FOR THE UNRESTRICTED (H1) MODEL IS -5035.385
UNIVARIATE SAMPLE STATISTICS
UNIVARIATE HIGHER-ORDER MOMENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Variable/ Mean/ Skewness/ Minimum/ % with Percentiles
Sample Size Variance Kurtosis Maximum Min/Max 20%/60% 40%/80% Median
HCIRC0 34.105 -0.536 28.000 0.17% 33.000 33.800 34.100
585.000 2.224 0.999 38.000 0.17% 34.500 35.300
HCIRC36 49.848 -0.159 44.900 0.20% 48.700 49.500 50.000
505.000 1.979 0.261 54.000 0.20% 50.200 51.000
MOMALC3 0.090 4.053 0.000 65.94% 0.000 0.000 0.000
593.000 0.063 18.491 1.847 0.17% 0.000 0.058
MOMCIG3 9.541 1.281 0.000 46.88% 0.000 0.000 0.500
593.000 162.558 1.040 70.000 0.17% 5.000 15.000
MALE 0.497 0.010 0.000 50.25% 0.000 0.000 0.000
593.000 0.250 -2.000 1.000 49.75% 1.000 1.000
BLACK 0.509 -0.037 0.000 49.07% 0.000 0.000 1.000
593.000 0.250 -1.999 1.000 50.93% 1.000 1.000
THE MODEL ESTIMATION TERMINATED NORMALLY
MODEL FIT INFORMATION
Number of Free Parameters 11
Loglikelihood
H0 Value -1838.789
H1 Value -1837.898
Information Criteria
Akaike (AIC) 3699.577
Bayesian (BIC) 3747.814
Sample-Size Adjusted BIC 3712.893
(n* = (n + 2) / 24)
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit
Value 1.781
Degrees of Freedom 2
P-Value 0.4104
RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)
Estimate 0.000
90 Percent C.I. 0.000 0.079
Probability RMSEA <= .05 0.774
CFI/TLI
CFI 1.000
TLI 1.004
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit for the Baseline Model
Value 229.626
Degrees of Freedom 9
P-Value 0.0000
SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)
Value 0.011
MODEL RESULTS
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
HCIRC36 ON
HCIRC0 0.415 0.045 9.202 0.000
MALE 0.762 0.108 7.037 0.000
BLACK -0.094 0.108 -0.868 0.385
HCIRC0 ON
MOMALC3 -0.500 0.232 -2.155 0.031
MOMCIG3 -0.013 0.005 -2.432 0.015
MALE 0.495 0.122 4.044 0.000
BLACK 0.578 0.131 4.401 0.000
Intercepts
HCIRC0 33.729 0.114 296.380 0.000
HCIRC36 35.339 1.529 23.119 0.000
Residual Variances
HCIRC0 2.043 0.153 13.343 0.000
HCIRC36 1.385 0.101 13.692 0.000
STANDARDIZED MODEL RESULTS
STDYX Standardization
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
HCIRC36 ON
HCIRC0 0.439 0.040 10.851 0.000
MALE 0.270 0.037 7.236 0.000
BLACK -0.033 0.038 -0.866 0.386
HCIRC0 ON
MOMALC3 -0.084 0.038 -2.192 0.028
MOMCIG3 -0.108 0.043 -2.505 0.012
MALE 0.166 0.041 4.038 0.000
BLACK 0.194 0.043 4.476 0.000
Intercepts
HCIRC0 22.627 0.830 27.246 0.000
HCIRC36 25.068 1.649 15.203 0.000
Residual Variances
HCIRC0 0.920 0.022 41.335 0.000
HCIRC36 0.697 0.038 18.529 0.000
R-SQUARE
Observed Two-Tailed
Variable Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
HCIRC0 0.080 0.022 3.619 0.000
HCIRC36 0.303 0.038 8.056 0.000
TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
Effects from MOMALC3 to HCIRC36
Total -0.207 0.100 -2.065 0.039
Total indirect -0.207 0.100 -2.065 0.039
Specific indirect
HCIRC36
HCIRC0
MOMALC3 -0.207 0.100 -2.065 0.039
Effects from MOMCIG3 to HCIRC36
Total -0.005 0.002 -2.275 0.023
Total indirect -0.005 0.002 -2.275 0.023
Specific indirect
HCIRC36
HCIRC0
MOMCIG3 -0.005 0.002 -2.275 0.023
STANDARDIZED TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS
STDYX Standardization
Two-Tailed
Estimate S.E. Est./S.E. P-Value
Effects from MOMALC3 to HCIRC36
Total -0.037 0.018 -2.109 0.035
Total indirect -0.037 0.018 -2.109 0.035
Specific indirect
HCIRC36
HCIRC0
MOMALC3 -0.037 0.018 -2.109 0.035
Effects from MOMCIG3 to HCIRC36
Total -0.047 0.020 -2.363 0.018
Total indirect -0.047 0.020 -2.363 0.018
Specific indirect
HCIRC36
HCIRC0
MOMCIG3 -0.047 0.020 -2.363 0.018
CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF MODEL RESULTS
Lower .5% Lower 2.5% Lower 5% Estimate Upper 5% Upper 2.5% Upper .5%
HCIRC36 ON
HCIRC0 0.304 0.328 0.343 0.415 0.493 0.504 0.536
MALE 0.485 0.550 0.585 0.762 0.940 0.974 1.039
BLACK -0.365 -0.304 -0.273 -0.094 0.079 0.116 0.188
HCIRC0 ON
MOMALC3 -1.099 -0.967 -0.882 -0.500 -0.127 -0.065 0.097
MOMCIG3 -0.027 -0.023 -0.021 -0.013 -0.004 -0.003 0.001
MALE 0.191 0.251 0.291 0.495 0.699 0.739 0.815
BLACK 0.233 0.311 0.358 0.578 0.788 0.828 0.916
Intercepts
HCIRC0 33.424 33.498 33.542 33.729 33.915 33.947 34.022
HCIRC36 31.233 32.263 32.700 35.339 37.809 38.267 39.097
Residual Variances
HCIRC0 1.655 1.735 1.779 2.043 2.283 2.334 2.439
HCIRC36 1.127 1.184 1.211 1.385 1.541 1.578 1.650
CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF STANDARDIZED MODEL RESULTS
STDYX Standardization
Lower .5% Lower 2.5% Lower 5% Estimate Upper 5% Upper 2.5% Upper .5%
HCIRC36 ON
HCIRC0 0.333 0.357 0.370 0.439 0.507 0.517 0.541
MALE 0.172 0.197 0.209 0.270 0.331 0.343 0.365
BLACK -0.132 -0.108 -0.097 -0.033 0.028 0.040 0.066
HCIRC0 ON
MOMALC3 -0.181 -0.159 -0.147 -0.084 -0.021 -0.011 0.015
MOMCIG3 -0.221 -0.191 -0.179 -0.108 -0.038 -0.024 0.005
MALE 0.065 0.085 0.098 0.166 0.235 0.248 0.276
BLACK 0.080 0.105 0.120 0.194 0.262 0.274 0.306
Intercepts
HCIRC0 20.655 21.108 21.360 22.627 24.108 24.380 24.925
HCIRC36 21.110 22.005 22.423 25.068 27.889 28.469 29.491
Residual Variances
HCIRC0 0.850 0.864 0.875 0.920 0.947 0.953 0.963
HCIRC36 0.596 0.617 0.630 0.697 0.753 0.764 0.788
CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS
Lower .5% Lower 2.5% Lower 5% Estimate Upper 5% Upper 2.5% Upper .5%
Effects from MOMALC3 to HCIRC36
Total -0.480 -0.416 -0.381 -0.207 -0.051 -0.026 0.041
Total indirect -0.480 -0.416 -0.381 -0.207 -0.051 -0.026 0.041
Specific indirect
HCIRC36
HCIRC0
MOMALC3 -0.480 -0.416 -0.381 -0.207 -0.051 -0.026 0.041
Effects from MOMCIG3 to HCIRC36
Total -0.012 -0.010 -0.009 -0.005 -0.002 -0.001 0.000
Total indirect -0.012 -0.010 -0.009 -0.005 -0.002 -0.001 0.000
Specific indirect
HCIRC36
HCIRC0
MOMCIG3 -0.012 -0.010 -0.009 -0.005 -0.002 -0.001 0.000
CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF STANDARDIZED TOTAL, TOTAL INDIRECT, SPECIFIC INDIRECT, AND DIRECT EFFECTS
STDYX Standardization
Lower .5% Lower 2.5% Lower 5% Estimate Upper 5% Upper 2.5% Upper .5%
Effects from MOMALC3 to HCIRC36
Total -0.085 -0.073 -0.067 -0.037 -0.009 -0.005 0.006
Total indirect -0.085 -0.073 -0.067 -0.037 -0.009 -0.005 0.006
Specific indirect
HCIRC36
HCIRC0
MOMALC3 -0.085 -0.073 -0.067 -0.037 -0.009 -0.005 0.006
Effects from MOMCIG3 to HCIRC36
Total -0.102 -0.089 -0.082 -0.047 -0.016 -0.010 0.002
Total indirect -0.102 -0.089 -0.082 -0.047 -0.016 -0.010 0.002
Specific indirect
HCIRC36
HCIRC0
MOMCIG3 -0.102 -0.089 -0.082 -0.047 -0.016 -0.010 0.002
DIAGRAM INFORMATION
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