I am currently in a pickle. I have taken a subsample from a sample (General Social Survey; GSS). The subsample has certain features that the rest of the data doesn't have.
Other features are: IV is a manifest variable; the 3 mediators are composite variables; The DV is a 5 item latent variable; my subsample has a 706 participants. The entire GSS has over 2,400 participants.
In my model I have several variables that work in concert with each other. Do the demographics have to be assessed in combination with all of the variables in play? So, I think I need to find demographics of the entire model in play? How would I find demographic information for this model?
Or is there a way to create a variable for the entire model? And then look for certain features such as socioeconomic status, age and gender.