Table 3:

Decomposition of Disparity in Quality of Life Scores

	Overall		Facility Environment		Attention		Food Enjoyment		Engagement		Negative Mood		Positive Mood
	Estimate	Share (%)	Estimate	Share (%)	Estimate	Share (%)	Estimate	Share (%)	Estimate	Share (%)	Estimate	Share (%)	Estimate	Share (%)
Average QoL Score
White Residents	79.517		84.469		92.160		81.610		78.973		65.269		75.667
BIPOC Residents	73.203		81.852		84.662		69.439		70.730		62.549		71.248
Unadjusted Disparity	6.314 ***		2.617		7.498 ***		12.172 ***		8.243 ***		2.720 *		4.419 ***
Aggregate Decomposition of Disparity
Characteristics Effect	3.899 ***	61.75%	−1.421	−54.30%	5.029 ***	67.07%	7.248 ***	59.55%	5.321 ***	64.55%	3.227 ***	118.64%	2.460 ***	55.67%
Coefficients Effect	2.415 **	38.25%	4.038 ***	154.30%	2.469 *	32.93%	4.924 **	40.45%	2.923 *	35.46%	−0.507	−18.64%	1.959	44.33%
Subaggregate Characteristics Effects
Resident Characteristics	0.315	4.99%	−4.153 ***	−158.69%	1.586 ***	21.15%	1.398 *	11.49%	0.674	8.18%	0.705	25.92%	0.787	17.81%
Facility Characteristics	3.584 ***	56.76%	2.732 ***	104.39%	3.443 ***	45.92%	5.851 ***	48.07%	4.646 ***	56.36%	2.521 ***	92.68%	1.673 **	37.86%

The table reports the results of the decomposition analysis utilizing all control variables reported in Table 2. The average quality of life scores for white and BIPOC residents, and the unadjusted disparity is reported in the first three rows. The aggregate decomposition of the disparity reports decomposition of the disparity into the characteristics and coefficients effects. The subaggregate characteristics effects row report the decomposition of the characteristics effect for all resident characteristics and all facility characteristics. The "estimate" column reports the change in the disparity in terms of percentage points and the "share" column reports the share of the unadjusted disparity explained by this percentage point change.

BIPOC = Black, Indigenous and other Persons of Color

^***< 1%

^**< 5%

^*< 10%