Table 4

Decomposition results of the ‘explained gap’ for black–white disparity in experiencing lifetime homelessness

	Coefficient	95% CI	P value
Socio-demographic factors
Age	0.005	0.000 to 0.009	0.034
Married	−0.005	−0.010 to −0.000	0.050
Income ≥ US$40 000	−0.013	−0.019 to −0.007	<0.001
Employed	0.001	−0.001 to 0.002	0.338
College-educated	0.002	−0.001 to 0.006	0.190
Veteran	−0.001	−0.002 to 0.001	0.505
Uninsured	−0.004	−0.009 to 0.001	0.109
Urban residence	0.002	−0.002 to 0.006	0.432
Psychiatric disorders
Major depressive disorder	−0.000	−0.001 to 0.000	0.494
Dysthymia	0.001	−0.000 to 0.002	0.202
Generalised anxiety disorder	0.000	−0.000 to 0.001	0.555
Post-traumatic stress disorder	−0.000	−0.002 to 0.001	0.649
Panic disorder	−0.000	−0.000 to 0.000	0.691
Bipolar 1 disorder	−0.000	−0.000 to 0.000	0.951
Antisocial personality disorder	−0.006	−0.012 to −0.001	0.023
Borderline personality disorder	−0.000	−0.002 to 0.002	0.940
Substance use disorders
Alcohol use disorder	−0.000	−0.000 to 0.000	0.719
Cannabis use disorder	−0.002	−0.005 to 0.001	0.237
Opioid use disorder	0.000	−0.001 to 0.001	0.804
Cocaine use disorder	−0.001	−0.003 to 0.001	0.156
Stimulant use disorder	0.001	−0.001 to 0.002	0.520
Sedative use disorder	−0.000	−0.001 to 0.000	0.224
Heroin use disorder	0.000	−0.000 to 0.001	0.562
Hallucinogen use disorder	0.000	−0.000 to 0.001	0.300
Club drug use disorder	0.000	−0.001 to 0.001	0.684
Solvent/inhalant use disorder	−0.000	−0.000 to 0.000	0.964
Behavioural history
Pain	−0.001	−0.003, to 0.001	0.267
Incarceration history since age of 18	−0.010	−0.015 to −0.006	<0.001
Religiosity	0.002	−0.003 to 0.006	0.410
≥2 Medical chronic conditions	−0.001	−0.003 to 0.001	0.425
Parental history
Alcoholic/problem drinker	0.001	−0.000 to 0.003	0.083
Drug user	−0.003	−0.005 to −0.000	0.043
Incarceration	−0.003	−0.008 to 0.001	0.132
Hospitalisation due to mental illness	−0.000	−0.000 to 0.000	0.804
Suicide attempts	0.000	−0.001 to 0.001	0.590
Suicide completed	−0.000	−0.000 to 0.000	0.750
Any traumatic event	0.003	0.001 to 0.004	0.006
Lifetime suicide attempt	0.001	−0.001 to 0.003	0.524
Total explained gap	−0.033	−0.071 to −0.065	<0.001
Total unexplained gap	0.007	−0.022 to 0.037	0.619
Total predicted gap	−0.025	−0.053 to 0.002	0.073
Explained %	81.6
Unexplained %	18.4

Data were from National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III. In this final single model, all factors were controlled for simultaneously.