| ME Model |
Level of equivalence |
% N.S. SBSD p-valuesa |
Mean CFI b |
Mean RMSEA c |
Drop in CFI d |
Increase in RMSEA e |
| Food Safety Perception |
configural |
|
0.86 (.82, .90) |
0.10 (.089, .11) |
|
|
| metric |
0.80 |
0.84 (.81, .89) |
0.097 (.086, .11) |
-0.02 |
-0.003 |
| partial scalar |
1.00 |
0.83 (.79, .88) |
0.096 (.084, .11) |
-0.01 |
-0.001 |
| strict scalar |
0.96 |
0.82 (.78, .87) |
0.092 (.082, .10) |
-0.01 |
-0.004 |
| factor invariance |
0.93 |
0.81 (.75, .86) |
0.094 (.083, .11) |
-0.01 |
0.002 |
| Nutrition Awareness |
configural |
|
0.94 (.90, .97) |
0.089 (.066, .12) |
|
|
| metric |
0.98 |
0.93 (.89, .96) |
0.081 (.062, .10) |
-0.01 |
-0.008 |
| partial scalar |
0.94 |
0.92 (.87, .96) |
0.081 (.063, .10) |
-0.01 |
0.000 |
| strict scalar |
0.67 |
0.86 (.78, .93) |
0.096 (.070, .12) |
-0.06 |
0.015 |
| factor invariance |
0.01 |
0.75 (.65, .83) |
0.13 (.11, .15) |
-0.11 |
0.034 |
| Food Handling Behavior |
configural |
|
0.98 (.97, .99) |
.053 (.033, .072) |
|
|
| metric |
0.92 |
0.98 (.96, 1.00) |
.049 (.027, .072) |
0.00 |
-0.004 |
| partial scalar |
0.77 |
0.97 (.95, .99) |
.056 (.040, .074) |
-0.01 |
0.007 |
| strict scalar |
0.89 |
0.97 (.94, .99) |
.056 (.038, .073) |
0.00 |
0.000 |
| factor invariance |
0.80 |
0.96 (.94, .98) |
.059 (.041, .077) |
-0.01 |
0.003 |