using "ordered=" with lavaan.survey

[Ben Southern]

So, in short, when I use "ordered = c(NAMES OF OUTCOME VARIABLES)" the output does change when I am not using survey weights with the lavaan.survey package. But the output is exactly the same whether I include the ordered= argument or not in the fit variable when using lavaan.survey. I need to add survey weights and also want to use ordered regression. Does anyone know how to do this?

My current code:

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Model<- '

# latent variables

Dev1 =~ dev11 + dev12

Dev2 =~ dev21 + dev22

Fam =~ fam1 + fam2

# regressions

mental ~ Fam + SEX + income + education + Dev1 + Dev2 + interference

physical ~ Fam + SEX + income + education + Dev1 + Dev2 + interference

'

fit<- sem(Model, data = gss, ordered = c("mental", "physical "))

svy.df<-svydesign(id=RECID, weights=WGHT_PER, data=gss)

survey.fit <- lavaan.survey(fit, svy.df) 

summary(survey.fit, fit.measures=TRUE, standardized=TRUE, rsquare=TRUE)

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I can't seem to get the ordered= argument to do anything when I'm using survey weights with lavaan.survey. Any ideas and advice are appreciated.

Thank you

[Terrence Jorgensen]

The survey package cannot handle categorical outcomes, so there is nothing for lavaan.survey to do with that information.

Terrence D. Jorgensen

Assistant Professor, Methods and Statistics

Research Institute for Child Development and Education, the University of Amsterdam

http://www.uva.nl/profile/t.d.jorgensen

[Ben Southern]

Thanks for the information.