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Table 1 Demographic characteristics for all samples

From: Interactions at the point of firearm purchase and subsequent use of locking devices

Ā 

National representative sample (Nā€‰=ā€‰1,203) N (%)

Three state sample (Nā€‰=ā€‰1,556) N (%)

Minnesota (nā€‰=ā€‰515) N (%)

Mississippi (nā€‰=ā€‰535) N (%)

New jersey (nā€‰=ā€‰506) N (%)

Age

Ā M (SD)

45.04 (16.43)

45.53 (17.3)

48.07 (17.41)

41.75 (16.54)

46.33 (16.94)

Ā Range

18ā€“91

18ā€“85

18ā€“83

18ā€“84

18ā€“85

Sex

Ā Male

767 (63.8%)

905 (58.2%)

323 (62.7%)

218 (40.7%)

364 (71.9%)

Ā Female

436 (36.2%)

651 (41.8%)

192 (37.3%)

317 (59.3%)

142 (28.1%)

Race

Ā White

890 (73.9%)

1223 (78.6%)

462 (89.7%)

348 (65%)

413 (81.6%)

Ā Black

162 (13.5%)

256 (16.5%)

27 (5.2%)

168 (31.4%)

61 (12.1%)

Ā Asian

70 (5.8%)

49 (3.1%)

17 (3.3%)

9 (1.7%)

23 (4.5%)

Ā American Indian/ Alaska Native

56 (4.7%)

38 (2.4%)

10 (1.9%)

21 (3.9%)

7 (1.4%)

Ā Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander

14 (1.2%)

13 (0.8%)

7 (1.4%)

4 (0.7%)

2 (0.4%)

Ā Other

38 (3.2%)

18 (1.2%)

5 (1%)

5 (0.9%)

8 (1.6%)

Ethnicity

Ā Hispanic/Latino

147 (12.2%)

97 (6.3%)

15 (2.9%)

26 (4.9%)

56 (11.1%)

Ā Non-Hispanic/Latino

1057 (87.8%)

1453 (93.7%)

498 (97.1%)

507 (95.1%)

448 (88.9%)

Firearms Owned

Ā M (SD)

3.9 (16.4)

4.8 (5.0)

5.3 (5.2)

4.9 (5.0)

4.3 (4.9)

Ā % using locking devices on 1ā€‰+ā€‰firearm

30.3%

32%

31.1%

29.7%

35.4%