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 | ||||||||
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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