Table 2 Bivariate analyses of personal experience with firearm violence among respondents of the Iowa FFA survey as a function of demographics and presence of firearms in the home
From: Rural youth’s exposure to firearm violence and their attitudes regarding firearm safety measures
Personally Seen Someone Threatened with a Firearm | Personally Know of Someone Killed or Injured by a Firearm | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (Row %)a | No n (Row %)a | p value | Yes n (Row %)a | No n (Row %)a | p value | |
Group N | 64 (5%) | 1317 (95%) | 493 (36%) | 887 (64%) | ||
Sex | 0.82 | 0.006 | ||||
Male | 31 (4%) | 665 (96%) | 224 (32%) | 471 (68%) | ||
Female | 32 (5%) | 648 (95%) | 267 (39%) | 413 (61%) | ||
Age | 0.82 | 0.28 | ||||
16–18 years | 41 (5%) | 862 (95%) | 331 (37%) | 570 (63%) | ||
13–15 years | 23 (5%) | 455 (95%) | 162 (34%) | 317 (66%) | ||
Residence | 0.18 | 0.065 | ||||
Farm | 38 (5%) | 689 (95%) | 239 (33%) | 487 (67%) | ||
Country/Not Farm | 14 (6%) | 236 (94%) | 100 (40%) | 150 (60%) | ||
Town | 12 (3%) | 387 (97%) | 152 (38%) | 247 (62%) | ||
Race | 0.059 | 0.25 | ||||
Caucasian | 58 (4%) | 1261 (96%) | 467 (35%) | 851 (65%) | ||
Non-Caucasian | 6 (10%) | 55 (90%) | 26 (43%) | 35 (57%) | ||
Rifle/Shotgun in Home | 0.82 | 0.025 | ||||
Yes | 53 (5%) | 1105 (95%) | 428 (37%) | 729 (63%) | ||
No | 11 (5%) | 212 (95%) | 65 (29%) | 158 (71%) | ||
Handgun in Home | 0.005 | 0.020 | ||||
Yes | 48 (6%) | 754 (94%) | 307 (38%) | 495 (62%) | ||
No | 16 (3%) | 563 (97%) | 186 (32%) | 392 (68%) | ||