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Table 3 Prevalence and extent of social network experiences of violence by respondents’ age, race/ethnicity, gender, and firearm ownership (n = 2870)

From: Experiences of violence in daily life among adults in California: a population-representative survey

Respondent characteristic

How many people that you know personally have ever been shot by someone else on purpose?

Weighted row % (95% CI)

How many people that you know personally have ever shot themselves on purpose?

Weighted row % (95% CI)

How many people that you know might physically hurt another person on purpose?

Weighted row % (95% CI)

How many people that you know might physically hurt themselves on purpose?

Weighted row % (95% CI)

0

1

 ≥ 2

0

1

 ≥ 2

0

1

 ≥ 2

0

1

 ≥ 2

Age

18–29

73.0 (65.0–79.7)

8.4 (4.9–14.2)

12.5 (7.8–19.4)

85.3 (79.1–89.9)

7.6 (4.7–11.9)

3.2 (1.1–8.6)

84.7 (77.5–89.9)

8.1 (4.5–14.2)

6.3 (3.2–12.2)

76.8 (68.8–83.2)

11.9 (7.2–19.0)

11.1 (7.0–17.2)

30–44

70.3 (64.7–75.3)

7.5 (5.1–10.9)

10.8 (7.7–14.9)

80.2 (75.3–84.4)

8.0 (5.7–11.0)

3.4 (1.9–5.9)

84.9 (80.6–88.5)

8.8 (6.0–12.6)

5.2 (3.4–7.8)

86.5 (82.5–89.7)

6.7 (4.6–9.7)

5.2 (3.4–8.1)

45–59

68.3 (63.2–73.0)

12.1 (9.0–16.2)

12.5 (9.6–16.1)

80.1 (75.7–83.8)

11.8 (9.0–15.3)

3.9 (2.4–6.3)

87.1 (83.2–90.2)

7.8 (5.3–11.4)

4.0 (2.6–6.2)

87.8 (83.9–90.8)

8.2 (5.6–11.9)

3.7 (2.4–5.8)

60 + 

80.8 (77.9–83.4)

9.7 (7.9–12.0)

5.7 (4.3–7.6)

78.2 (75.2–81.0)

15.7 (13.3–18.4)

3.8 (2.8–5.2)

92.0 (90.0–93.6)

4.2 (3.2–5.6)

3.4 (2.3–5.1)

90.7 (88.8–92.3)

6.3 (4.9–8.0)

2.8 (2.0–3.9)

Race/ethnicity

White

80.5 (77.3–83.4)

8.7 (7.1–10.8)

7.0 (5.1–9.6)

76.1 (73.0–79.0)

16.2 (13.9–18.7)

5.0 (3.8–6.6)

88.5 (86.0–90.6)

6.6 (5.1–8.6)

4.2 (2.9–5.9)

83.1 (80.0–85.9)

9.6 (7.6–12.2)

6.7 (5.0–8.9)

Black

49.3 (37.5–61.2)

12.1 (6.6–21.1)

31.0 (20.9–43.3)

83.0 (72.5–90.1)

7.6 (3.6–15.5)

2.6 (0.9–7.4)

90.6 (82.9–95.0)

4.8 (1.8–12.1)

3.5 (1.5–8.1)

93.1 (81.6–97.6)

5.9 (1.7–18.2)

1.0 (0.25–4.1)

Asian-American

84.0 (76.9–89.2)

9.2 (5.3–15.4)

3.7 (1.6–8.7)

90.0 (83.6–93.8)

6.1 (3.3–11.1)

1.4 (0.2–9.4)

89.2 (81.8–93.8)

9.9 (5.5–17.3)

0.25 (0.04–1.8)

89.6 (82.8–94.0)

8.5 (4.6–15.4)

1.6 (0.5–4.8)

Multiracial or other

74.1 (55.2–86.9)

10.9 (3.4–29.7)

14.0 (5.2–32.3)

78.7 (61.3–89.6)

9.5 (3.9–21.3)

7.6 (1.5–30.5)

81.9 (62.2–92.6)

6.0 (1.1–26.0)

12.1 (4.0–31.4)

76.6 (57.8–88.7)

14.2 (5.6–31.3)

9.2 (2.5–28.9)

Latinx

63.4 (58.4–68.1)

10.0 (7.4–13.5)

12.7 (9.9–16.1)

81.6 (77.4–85.3)

7.6 (5.6–10.3)

2.6 (1.4–4.7)

85.3 (81.5–88.5)

7.2 (4.9–10.4)

6.4 (4.4–9.1)

88.8 (85.5–91.4)

5.1 (3.5–7.6)

5.0 (3.3–7.5)

Gender

Male

73.4 (69.6–76.8)

7.8 (6.0–10.0)

11.5 (9.1–14.3)

80.9 (77.7–83.8)

9.8 (8.0–12.0)

3.4 (2.4–4.8

87.1 (84.1–89.6)

8.0 (5.9–10.7)

3.8 (2.7–5.3)

87.6 (84.6–90.1)

7.1 (5.2–9.6)

4.1 (2.8–6.0)

Female

72.8 (69.1–76.1)

11.1 (8.9–13.7)

8.9 (6.9–11.4)

80.0 (77.0–82.8)

12.1 (10.1–14.4)

3.8 (2.5–5.7)

87.7 (84.9–90.0)

6.4 (4.7–8.6)

5.3 (3.8–7.4)

85.3 (82.4–87.8)

8.5 (6.6–10.9)

6.0 (4.5–8.0)

Household firearm ownership

Non-owner

75.2 (72.2–78.0)

8.2 (6.7–10.1)

8.5 (6.8–10.5)

81.9 (79.3–84.2)

10.2 (8.5–12.0)

2.9 (2.0–4.2)

88.7 (86.4–90.6)

6.9 (5.3–8.8)

3.9 (2.9–5.2)

87.0 (84.7–89.1)

8.1 (6.4–10.1)

4.5 (3.5–5.9)

Firearm owner

69.6 (63.0–75.5)

13.1 (9.4–17.9)

13.9 (9.7–19.3)

77.8 (72.4–82.4)

14.2 (10.8–18.4)

5.5 (3.5–8.5)

88.7 (84.0–92.1)

7.4 (4.5–11.9)

3.4 (1.9–5.8)

88.7 (83.8–92.3)

7.1 (4.5–10.9)

4.2 (2.0–8.6)

Non-owner living with owner

65.7 (55.6–74.7)

15.0 (8.7–24.6)

16.4 (10.1–25.7)

77.1 (68.9–83.6)

12.8 (8.5–18.6)

7.9 (3.8–15.7)

78.7 (68.8–86.1)

9.8 (5.0–18.4)

11.2 (6.0–19.8)

76.8 (67.0–84.3)

9.0 (4.7–16.7)

13.6 (7.8–22.7)

  1. Refusals and “don’t know” responses are not shown. See “Methods” in supplement for exact text of questions