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Table 7 Descriptive, bivariate, and logistic regression analyses of attitudes with respect to the statement, “There should be laws that require safe storage (locked and unloaded) of firearms in homes,” among respondents of the Iowa FFA firearm survey

From: Rural youth’s exposure to firearm violence and their attitudes regarding firearm safety measures

There should laws that require safe storage (locked and unloaded) of firearms in homes

Strongly Agree

453 (33%)

  

Agree

396 (29%)

  

Neutral

347 (25%)

  

Disagree

114 (8%)

  

Strongly Disagree

72 (5%)

  
 

Cross Tab Analysis

Logistic Regression Analysisa

Variables

Agree n (Row %)b

Neutral/Disagree n (Row %)b

p value

OR

CI

Group N

841 (61%)

533 (39%)

Sex

  

< 0.001

  

 Male

354 (51%)

343 (49%)

 

0.53

0.41–0.69

 Female

494 (73%)

186 (27%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Age

  

0.006

  

 16–18 years

531 (59%)

372 (41%)

 

0.84

0.65–1.10

 13–15 years

318 (66%)

161 (34%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Residence

  

< 0.001

  

 Farm

411 (57%)

316 (43%)

 

0.70

0.52–0.93

 Country/Not Farm

154 (62%)

96 (38%)

 

0.83

0.57–1.21

 Town

281 (70%)

119 (30%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Race

  

0.90

  

 Caucasian

811 (61%)

509 (39%)

 

1.0(ref)

 

 Non-Caucasian

37 (61%)

24 (39%)

 

0.60

0.32–1.11

Rifle/Shotgun Storage

  

< 0.001

  

 No Rifles/Shotguns

186 (83%)

37 (17%)

 

1.04

0.63–1.69

 Unsafe Storage

327 (46%)

389 (54%)

 

0.33

0.24–0.45

 Safe Storage

270 (75%)

90 (25%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Unsure Storage

65 (79%)

17 (21%)

 

1.06

0.53–2.13

Handgun in Home

  

< 0.001

  

 No Handguns

406 (70%)

174 (30%)

 

0.99

0.69–1.42

 Unsafe Storage

211 (46%)

252 (54%)

 

0.67

0.47–0.96

 Safe Storage

188 (68%)

87 (32%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Unsure Storage

43 (68%)

20 (32%)

 

0.61

0.30–1.24

Hunted

  

< 0.001

  

 Yes

391 (52%)

366 (48%)

 

0.61

0.46–0.80

 No

449 (73%)

163 (27%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Fired Rifle/Shotgun

  

< 0.001

 Not used in the analysis

  > 20 times

404 (50%)

399 (50%)

  

 6–20 times

118 (72%)

45 (28%)

  

 1–5 times

161 (78%)

46 (22%)

  

 Never

165 (81%)

39 (19%)

  

Fired a Handgun

  

< 0.001

 Not used in the analysis

  > 20 times

195 (47%)

220 (53%)

  

 6–20 times

97 (55%)

78 (45%)

  

 1–5 times

169 (66%)

87 (34%)

  

 Never

380 (73%)

140 (27%)

  
  1. a The total number of cases used in the logistic regression model was 1358
  2. b The sum of n for a variable may not equal the total Group N due to missing values