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%) |