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. 2023 Spring;51(1):14–31. doi: 10.1017/jme.2023.38

Table 2.

Simple logistic regression models predicting odds of agreement with safety-related statements, comparing racial subgroups of gun owners and non-owners

Overall Not Gun Owners Gun Owners
OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value
Latino/a people are more likely to die from gun homicide than white people. Black: White 1.72 1.31 – 2.26 <0.001 1.49 1.09 – 2.05 0.014 2.12 1.25 - 3.59 0.005
Hispanic: White 1.16 0.86 – 1.57 0.320 1.10 0.79 – 1.55 0.568 0.98 0.51 - 1.87 0.943
Black people are more likely to die from gun homicide than white people. Black: White 1.39 1.03 – 1.86 0.029 1.16 0.82 – 1.63 0.394 2.46 1.35 - 4.49 0.003
Hispanic: White 0.72 0.54 – 0.97 0.032 0.68 0.49 - 0.95 0.024 0.71 0.36 - 1.42 0.333
Personally owning a gun will make me safer. Black: White 0.82 0.63 – 1.08 0.163 1.52 1.09 – 2.13 0.014 0.42 0.25 - 0.70 0.001
Hispanic: White 0.73 0.55 – 0.98 0.34 1.25 0.89 – 1.76 0.201 0.41 0.18 - 0.94 0.036
I would feel safer if more people were allowed to legally carry guns. Black: White 0.70 0.75 – 1.00 0.051 1.36 0.88 – 2.12 0.169 0.42 0.23 - 0.76 0.005
Hispanic: White 0.70 0.50 – 0.97 0.034 1.12 0.72 – 1.73 0.620 0.61 0.32 – 1.17 0.139

Notes:

Bold indicates: p < .05

OR = Odds Ratio

CI = Confidence Interval