Table 3.
Psychosocial and demographic predictors of carrying outside the home and frequency of carrying (N = 1,024).
|
Carry Outside the Home |
Carry Frequency |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | SE | [95% CI] | OR | SE | [95% CI] | |||
| Psychosocial Factors | ||||||||
| Childhood firearms exposure | 1.02 | 0.21 | 0.68 | 1.53 | 1.05 | 0.21 | 0.71 | 1.55 |
| Past physical victimization | 1.26 | 0.24 | 0.86 | 1.85 | 1.31 | 0.23 | 0.93 | 1.85 |
| Everyday discrimination | 1.04 | 0.02 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 1.06 |
| Intolerance of uncertainty | 0.96 | 0.02 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.02 | 0.92 | 1.02 |
| Perceived neighborhood safety | 0.98 | 0.04 | 0.90 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 0.04 | 0.90 | 1.05 |
| Threat sensitivity | 1.02 | 0.03 | 0.97 | 1.08 | 1.02 | 0.03 | 0.96 | 1.08 |
| Demographics | ||||||||
| Age | 0.96 | 0.01 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.01 | 0.95 | 0.98 |
| Female | 0.56 | 0.12 | 0.37 | 0.85 | 0.62 | 0.14 | 0.40 | 0.95 |
| Education (No high school) | ||||||||
| High school graduate | 2.38 | 1.62 | 0.63 | 9.01 | 2.43 | 1.62 | 0.66 | 8.96 |
| Some college or Associate's | 3.79 | 2.56 | 1.01 | 14.22 | 2.98 | 1.92 | 0.84 | 10.56 |
| Bachelor's or higher | 1.96 | 1.37 | 0.50 | 7.71 | 1.53 | 1.03 | 0.41 | 5.71 |
| Household income (<$25,000) | ||||||||
| $25,000 to $49,999 | 1.64 | 0.83 | 0.61 | 4.44 | 1.33 | 0.76 | 0.43 | 4.08 |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 1.36 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 3.70 | 0.89 | 0.51 | 0.29 | 2.72 |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 1.42 | 0.73 | 0.52 | 3.88 | 1.24 | 0.71 | 0.40 | 3.81 |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 1.55 | 0.83 | 0.54 | 4.42 | 1.16 | 0.67 | 0.37 | 3.58 |
| $150,000 or more | 1.78 | 0.97 | 0.61 | 5.19 | 1.38 | 0.80 | 0.44 | 4.28 |
| Marital status (Married) | ||||||||
| Widowed | 1.29 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 3.17 | 1.38 | 0.50 | 0.67 | 2.82 |
| Divorced/Separated | 0.66 | 0.17 | 0.40 | 1.09 | 0.69 | 0.18 | 0.42 | 1.14 |
| Never Married | 0.65 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 1.34 | 0.84 | 0.32 | 0.40 | 1.77 |
| # of children in home | 0.79 | 0.08 | 0.65 | 0.95 | 0.82 | 0.08 | 0.67 | 0.99 |
| Race (White) | ||||||||
| Black | 1.13 | 0.42 | 0.54 | 2.36 | 1.20 | 0.43 | 0.59 | 2.43 |
| Other racial identity | 1.30 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 2.88 | 1.09 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 2.35 |
| Hispanic | 0.68 | 0.20 | 0.38 | 1.22 | 0.88 | 0.26 | 0.49 | 1.58 |
| Rurality (Non-metro rural) | ||||||||
| Metro rural | 0.96 | 0.22 | 0.61 | 1.50 | 0.98 | 0.24 | 0.61 | 1.57 |
| Urban | 0.59 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.19 | 0.41 | 1.20 |
| State (Texas) | ||||||||
| Minnesota | 0.41 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.70 | 0.43 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.69 |
| New Jersey | 0.84 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 1.97 | 0.71 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 1.59 |
| Colorado | 0.71 | 0.20 | 0.41 | 1.24 | 0.65 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 1.03 |
| Mississippi | 1.27 | 0.45 | 0.63 | 2.56 | 1.73 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 4.04 |
| Political beliefs (Conservative) | ||||||||
| Moderate | 0.56 | 0.13 | 0.36 | 0.87 | 0.61 | 0.14 | 0.39 | 0.94 |
| Liberal | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.53 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.55 |
| Current/former military service | 1.46 | 0.33 | 0.93 | 2.29 | 1.49 | 0.31 | 0.99 | 2.26 |
| Primary reason for ownership | ||||||||
| Hunting | 0.86 | 0.26 | 0.47 | 1.57 | 0.54 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 0.95 |
| Protection | 1.49 | 0.30 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 1.15 | 0.25 | 0.74 | 1.77 |
| Constant | 6.83 | 8.65 | 0.57 | 81.72 | - | |||
| R-squared | 0.140 | 0.073 | ||||||
Notes: Bolded text = Statistically significant at p<.05.