Table 2.
Psychosocial and Demographic Predictors of Firearm Ownership and # of Guns Owned.
|
Current Firearm Owner |
# of Guns Owned |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | SE | [95% CI] | IRR | SE | [95% CI] | |||
| Psychosocial Factors | ||||||||
| Childhood firearms exposure | 4.13 | 0.53 | 3.22 | 5.29 | 1.39 | 0.12 | 1.18 | 1.64 |
| Past physical victimization | 1.38 | 0.19 | 1.05 | 1.80 | 1.01 | 0.07 | 0.89 | 1.15 |
| Everyday discrimination | 1.01 | 0.01 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| Intolerance of uncertainty | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 0.01 | 0.97 | 0.99 |
| Perceived neighborhood safety | 0.98 | 0.02 | 0.93 | 1.03 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 0.95 | 1.00 |
| Threat sensitivity | 1.02 | 0.02 | 0.99 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 0.01 | 1.01 | 1.05 |
| Demographics | ||||||||
| Age | 1.01 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 0.00 | 0.99 | 1.00 |
| Female | 0.40 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 0.74 | 0.05 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Education (No high school) | ||||||||
| High school graduate | 0.97 | 0.34 | 0.49 | 1.93 | 1.27 | 0.19 | 0.94 | 1.71 |
| Some college or Associate's | 1.05 | 0.35 | 0.54 | 2.02 | 1.52 | 0.23 | 1.13 | 2.04 |
| Bachelor's or higher | 0.92 | 0.31 | 0.47 | 1.79 | 1.44 | 0.22 | 1.07 | 1.94 |
| Household income (<$25,000) | ||||||||
| $25,000 to $49,999 | 1.86 | 0.55 | 1.04 | 3.33 | 1.04 | 0.19 | 0.73 | 1.49 |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 2.40 | 0.74 | 1.31 | 4.39 | 1.15 | 0.21 | 0.80 | 1.64 |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 2.72 | 0.87 | 1.45 | 5.11 | 1.29 | 0.23 | 0.90 | 1.84 |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 2.74 | 0.88 | 1.46 | 5.15 | 1.30 | 0.24 | 0.90 | 1.87 |
| $150,000 or more | 3.00 | 0.99 | 1.57 | 5.75 | 1.35 | 0.26 | 0.93 | 1.96 |
| Marital status (Married) | ||||||||
| Widowed | 1.04 | 0.26 | 0.63 | 1.71 | 1.21 | 0.15 | 0.95 | 1.55 |
| Divorced/Separated | 0.83 | 0.16 | 0.58 | 1.20 | 0.82 | 0.10 | 0.65 | 1.03 |
| Never Married | 0.55 | 0.11 | 0.37 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 0.09 | 0.57 | 0.92 |
| # of children in home | 0.99 | 0.07 | 0.87 | 1.13 | 0.92 | 0.03 | 0.86 | 0.99 |
| Race (White) | ||||||||
| Black | 0.75 | 0.18 | 0.47 | 1.19 | 0.85 | 0.13 | 0.63 | 1.14 |
| Other racial identity | 0.75 | 0.17 | 0.48 | 1.18 | 0.78 | 0.09 | 0.62 | 0.98 |
| Hispanic | 0.76 | 0.14 | 0.53 | 1.09 | 1.11 | 0.12 | 0.89 | 1.38 |
| Rurality (Non-metro rural) | ||||||||
| Metro rural | 0.65 | 0.10 | 0.48 | 0.88 | 0.75 | 0.06 | 0.64 | 0.87 |
| Urban | 0.65 | 0.11 | 0.47 | 0.91 | 0.69 | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.81 |
| State (Texas) | ||||||||
| Minnesota | 0.73 | 0.11 | 0.54 | 0.97 | 0.86 | 0.08 | 0.71 | 1.03 |
| New Jersey | 0.40 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.67 | 0.98 | 0.12 | 0.78 | 1.24 |
| Colorado | 0.84 | 0.17 | 0.57 | 1.25 | 0.87 | 0.08 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| Mississippi | 1.32 | 0.36 | 0.77 | 2.27 | 0.99 | 0.11 | 0.80 | 1.23 |
| Political beliefs (Conservative) | ||||||||
| Moderate | 0.73 | 0.11 | 0.55 | 0.98 | 0.79 | 0.06 | 0.68 | 0.92 |
| Liberal | 0.45 | 0.087 | 0.31 | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 0.81 |
| Current/former military service | 1.89 | 0.39 | 1.26 | 2.84 | 1.01 | 0.08 | 0.87 | 1.19 |
| Primary reason for ownership | ||||||||
| Hunting | – | 1.41 | 0.15 | 1.15 | 1.74 | |||
| Protection | – | 1.01 | 0.08 | 0.87 | 1.18 | |||
| Constant | 0.24 | 0.156 | 0.067 | 0.86 | 5.93 | 1.96 | 3.10 | 11.32 |
| N | 3,159 | 1,024 | ||||||
| R-squared | 0.242 | 0.059 | ||||||
| Notes: Bolded text = Statistically significant at p <.05 | ||||||||