Social workers’ determination of when children’s access or potential access to loaded firearms constitutes child neglect

Table 3 Other demographics of NASW Child/Family Welfare survey respondents. N = 485

	n (col %)^a
Where They Work
Urban	431 (93%)
Rural	33 (7%)
Population Served
Urban	146 (32%)
Suburban	126 (27%)
Rural	189 (41%)
Parent/Guardian
Yes	330 (69%)
No	149 (31%)
Household Owns Firearm
True	139 (32%)
False	289 (68%)
Have Used a Firearm
True	202 (47%)
False	226 (53%)
Are/Was an Investigator
Yes	207 (43%)
No	274 (57%)
Years as Investigator
Not investigator	274 (57%)
<6	97 (20%)
6 or more	107 (22%)
Number of Cases Investigated^b
None	108 (62%)
1-25	57 (33%)
26-100	7 (4%)
>100	3 (2%)
Number of Cases Founded^c
None	12 (20%)
1-25	44 (75%)
26-100	2 (3%)
>100	1 (2%)

^aColumn total n may not equal N due to missing data
^bNumber of cases investigated regarding children having access to a firearm by respondents who indicated they are or were an investigator of child abuse/neglect
^cNumber of cases among those investigated regarding children having access to a firearm that were found to constitute child neglect

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