From: Rural youth’s exposure to firearm violence and their attitudes regarding firearm safety measures
There should be a background check required by law before someone can buy a firearm | |||||
Strongly Agree | 823 (60%) | ||||
Agree | 408 (30%) | ||||
Neutral | 121 (9%) | ||||
Disagree | 18 (1%) | ||||
Strongly Disagree | 11 (1%) | ||||
Cross Tab Analysis | Logistic Regression Analysisa | ||||
Variables | Agree n (Row %)b | Neutral/Disagree n (Row %)b | p value | OR | CI |
Group N | 1231 (89%) | 150 (11%) | |||
Sex | 0.098 | ||||
Male | 612 (88%) | 85 (12%) | 0.84 | 0.58–1.20 | |
Female | 615 (91%) | 64 (9%) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Age | 0.73 | ||||
16–18 years | 803 (89%) | 100 (11%) | 1.00 | 0.69–1.44 | |
13–15 years | 428 (90%) | 50 (10%) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Residence | 0.54 | ||||
Farm | 642 (88%) | 85 (12%) | 0.77 | 0.50–1.17 | |
Country/Not Farm | 223 (89%) | 27 (11%) | 0.87 | 0.51–1.49 | |
Town | 361 (90%) | 38 (10%) | 1.0(ref) | ||
Race | 0.16 | ||||
Caucasian | 1224 (90%) | 133 (10%) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Non-Caucasian | 51 (84%) | 10 (16%) | 0.60 | 0.28–1.26 | |
Rifle/Shotgun in Home | 0.68 | ||||
Yes | 1030 (89%) | 128 (11%) | 1.00 | 0.56–1.80 | |
No | 201 (90%) | 22 (10%) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Handgun in Home | 0.92 | ||||
Yes | 713 (89%) | 88 (11%) | 1.09 | 0.74–1.61 | |
No | 518 (89%) | 62 (11%) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Hunted | 0.034 | ||||
Yes | 663 (88%) | 94 (12%) | 0.70 | 0.47–1.05 | |
No | 557 (91%) | 54 (9%) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Fired Rifle/Shotgun | 0.19 | Not used in the analysis | |||
> 20 times | 704 (88%) | 98 (12%) | |||
6–20 times | 149 (91%) | 14 (9%) | |||
1–5 times | 189 (91%) | 18 (9%) | |||
Never | 187 (92%) | 17 (8%) | |||
Fired a Handgun | 0.018 | Not used in the analysis | |||
> 20 times | 363 (87%) | 52 (13%) | |||
6–20 times | 152 (87%) | 23 (13%) | |||
1–5 times | 242 (95%) | 14 (15%) | |||
Never | 465 (90%) | 54 (10%) |