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In my data the age was captured in categories (e.g., "under 20 years", "21-30 years"). Since those categories lead to some kind of inaccuracy I'm not sure if "age" has to be modeled as manifest variable with or without a disturbance term. The point is: Does measuring in categories produce an error which is modeled in SEM or not?
Moreover, if "age" is modeled as a manifest variable it belongs to the measurement model but since my hypotheses include "age" doesn't it also belong to the structural model?
Thank you for your help!