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Sequential R3STEP models examined living arrangement while accounting for classification uncertainty and progressively adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic, family-resource, and health-related variables. Exploratory network analysis compared the four functional domains between living-arrangement groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Four profiles were identified: severe multidomain impairment (28.3%), impaired mental state with relatively preserved physical function (12.7%), moderate functional impairment (53.5%), and relatively preserved function (5.5%). The four-domain model showed 92.5% classification agreement (Cohen's \u03ba = 0.882). In the fully adjusted R3STEP model, compared with institutional living, home living was associated with greater odds of membership in the moderate functional impairment profile rather than the severe multidomain impairment profile (aOR = 7.046, 95% CI: 2.827\u201317.562;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001) and the relatively preserved function profile (aOR = 15.408, 95% CI: 2.652\u201389.528;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.002), although the latter estimate was imprecise. No significant association was found for the impaired mental state with relatively preserved physical function profile (aOR = 0.570, 95% CI: 0.131\u20132.476;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.453). Estimates were consistent across sequential models. Network analysis showed differences in overall structure and global expected influence, but not global strength; only the self-care ability\u2013mental state edge differed after Holm correction.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Functional impairment was heterogeneous. Home living was associated with membership in the moderate functional impairment and relatively preserved function profiles after adjustment for measured covariates. These cross-sectional associations do not establish causal effects because residual confounding and care-selection effects remain possible. 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