Table 2 Evaluations of measurement invariance between Brazil and Norway

M1a

Brazil

937.78

686.47

480

.0441

.9596

M1b

Norway

1195.42

902.93

480

.0530

.9567

M2

Baseline (both models)

2133.19

1586.00

960

.0494

.9579

M3

Factor loadings: λ_{all equal}

M2

2183.00

1620.29

987

.0490

.9574

27

34.87

-.0004

-.0004

M4

Item errors: δ_{all equal}

M3

2518.85

1747.11

1020

.0516

.9511

33

78.72***

.0026

-.0063

M4a

λ_{all equal,} δ_{7 free}

M3

2294.50

1649.03

1013

.0485

.9572

26

36.36

-.0005

-.0002

M5

Intercepts/means: τ_{all equal}

M4a

2614.97

1960.31

1046

.0572

.9385

33

320.47***

.0087

-.0187

M5a

λ_{all equal,} δ_{7 free,} τ_{22 free}

M4a

2313.82

1671.17

1024

.0486

.9565

11

19.32

.0001

-.0007

M6

Latent means equal: κ_{all equal,} λ_{all equal,} δ_{7 free,} τ_{22 free}

2317.73^b

1675.31

1025

.0487

.9563

M6a

Latent means different: κ_{all free,} λ_{all equal,} δ_{7 free,} τ_{22 free}

M6

2306.69

1660.02

1019

.0484

.9569

6

11.04

-.0003

.0006