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Table 1 Firearm ownership among veteran versus non-veterans

From: Firearm ownership among American veterans: findings from the 2015 National Firearm Survey

Among all respondents

Among gun-owning respondents

Owns any gun

Owns only handgun(s)

Owns only long gun(s)

Owns multiple types

 

%

95% CI:

%

95% CI:

%

95% CI:

%

95% CI:

Veterans (weighted n = 384)

44.9

(41.3, 48.6)

22.8

(18.2, 28.0)

20.7

(16.7, 25.4)

56.5

(51.1, 61.8)

 Male (n = 346)

47.2

(43.4, 51.0)

23.1

(18.4, 28.6)

21.0

(16.8, 25.9)

55.9

(50.3, 61.4)

 Female (n = 38)

24.4

(15.6, 36.1)

17.0

(6.7, 37.0)

16.0

(6.1, 35.8)

67.0

(45.5, 83.1)

Non-veterans (weighted n = 3565)

20.0

(18.3, 21.6)

27.5

(24.8, 30.3)

22.8

(20.4, 25.4)

49.7

(46.7, 52.7)

 Male (n = 1563)

30.3

(27.0, 33.8)

20.2

(17.3, 23.5)

26.7

(23.6, 30.1)

53.1

(49.4, 56.7)

 Female (n = 2002)

11.8

(10.4, 13.4)

42.0

(36.9, 47.3)

15.1

(11.7, 19.3)

42.9

(37.8, 48.1)