Research Article

The Causal Model of Public Acceptance of Genetically Modified Food: An Invariance Analysis

Table 10

Goodness-of-fit statistics for multisample structural equation models (male versus female).

ModelInvariance testGoodness-of-fit statistics
df/dfCFINNFIRMSEA90% CI

M0Configural invariance (baseline)474.1761682.8230.9550.9440.0400.036–0.045
M1Metric invariance490.7551792.7420.9540.9470.0390.035–0.044
M2Scalar invariance509.8661942.6280.9540.9500.0380.034–0.042
M3Strict invariance536.2032092.5660.9520.9520.0370.034–0.041

Note. 90% CI of the RMSEA.