TABLE 2—

Predictors of Having a Firearm in the Home: 417 Residents of 67 California Battered Women’s Shelters

	AOR (95% CI)
	Model Incorporating Demographic Characteristics Only	Model Incorporating Demographic Characteristics and No. of Weapons
Ethnicity
Hispanic (vs White)	1.07 (0.59, 1.93)	1.10 (0.58, 2.07)
Black	0.67 (0.35, 1.31)	0.63 (0.31, 1.29)
Other	0.78 (0.38, 1.58)	0.77 (0.36, 1.64)
US born (vs immigrant)	1.84* (1.05, 3.24)	1.25 (0.69, 2.27)
Relationship status
Living with (vs married)	0.78 (0.47, 1.28)	0.84 (0.49, 1.43)
Separated or divorced	0.82 (0.41, 1.64)	0.69 (0.33, 1.44)
Other relationship	0.47 (0.18, 1.19)	0.41 (0.15, 1.10)
Education
< High school (vs high school)	0.86 (0.49, 1.51)	0.72 (0.39, 1.31)
College	2.16** (1.25, 3.72)	2.21** (1.23, 3.95)
Workforce status
Working part-time (vs full-time)	1.00 (0.52, 1.93)	1.17 (0.58, 2.35)
Housewife	0.85 (0.50, 1.47)	0.90 (0.51, 1.61)
Other working	1.21 (0.63, 2.32)	1.37 (0.68, 2.77)
Children in home during past year (vs no)	1.43 (0.81, 2.52)	1.47 (0.80, 2.68)
No. of weapons used against the woman (lifetime)		1.38* (1.25, 1.53)

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

*P < .05; **P < .01.