Construct validity of measures of care home resident quality of life: cross-sectional analysis using data from a pilot minimum data set in England

Table 2 Comparison of study sample to English care home resident population

	Study sample	Care home resident population	Study sample v population^a
Age 85 and over (%)	60.2	56.4	2.02*
Non-white (%)	1.2	2.5	-2.11*
Male (%)	28.9	30.3	-0.81
Nursing home (%)	51.8	49.4	1.27

Source: Care home resident population data from 2021 census data [1]
^aHypothesis test of equality of the study sample proportion for a characteristic to the care home resident population. *p <.05

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