Table 1.
Characteristic |
Firesetters (N = 407) % CI |
Non-firesetters (N = 41,552) % CI |
OR 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Men | 82.08 (77.45-85.93) | 47.43 (46.81-48.06) | 4.96 (3.72-6.60) |
Women | 17.92 (14.07-22.55) | 52.57 (51.94-53.19) | 1.00 |
Race | |||
Hispanic | 7.28 (4.73-11.04) | 11.57 (9.32-14.29) | 0.49 (0.26-0.92) |
Asian/Alaska/Indian | |||
Native American | 3.66 (1.93-6.85) | 6.52 (5.57-7.63) | 0.53 (0.25-1.11) |
African American | 8.60 (6.02-12.15) | 11.02 (9.80-12.37) | 0.64 (0.42-0.96) |
White | 80.46 (74.92-85.01) | 70.88 (67.61-73.96) | 1.00 |
Nativity | |||
Born in the U.S. | 94.20 (88.70-97.11) | 85.33 (82.07-88.07) | 2.59 (1.01-6.64) |
Born in a Foreign Country | 5.80 (2.89-11.30) | 14.67 (11.93-17.93) | 1.00 |
Age (years) | |||
65+ | 4.18 (2.42-7.12) | 16.39 (15.73-17.08) | 0.16 (0.08-0.29) |
50-64 | 13.39 (10.16-17.46) | 21.15 (20.62-21.68) | 0.39 (0.28-0.54) |
35-49 | 31.26 (25.60-37.53) | 31.08 (30.44-31.72) | 0.64 (0.47-0.87) |
18-34 | 51.17 (45.01-57.30) | 31.39 (30.51-32.28) | 1.00 |
Education | |||
Less than High School | 12.90 (9.63-17.06) | 15.54 (14.60-16.53) | 1.10 (0.77-1.57) |
High School Graduate | 27.37 (21.83-33.72) | 29.34 (28.24-30.47) | 0.95 (0.69-1.30) |
Some College or Higher | 59.73 (53.84-65.35) | 55.11 (53.84-56.37) | 1.00 |
Income | |||
0-19,999 | 24.14 (19.01-30.15) | 23.44 (22.49-24.42) | 1.34 (0.87-2.06) |
20,000-34,999 | 16.33 (12.35-21.28) | 20.15 (19.49-20.83) | 0.93 (0.62-1.41) |
35,000-69,999 | 35.42 (29.53-41.79) | 32.15 (31.50-32.82) | 1.16 (0.83-1.63) |
70,000+ | 24.10 (19.17-29.84) | 24.26 (22.89-25.68) | 1.00 |
Marital Status | |||
Never Married | 34.39 (28.53-40.77) | 20.53 (19.60-21.50) | 1.12 (0.80-1.57) |
Widowed/separated/divorced | 11.11 (8.10-15.06) | 17.42 (16.96-17.90) | 1.03 (0.70-1.52) |
Married/Cohabitating | 54.50 (48.23-60.62) | 62.04 (61.10-62.98) | 1.00 |
Urbanicity | |||
Central City | 33.38 (26.63-40.90) | 29.39 (25.28-33.87) | 1.23 (0.92-1.65) |
Rural/ Suburban | 66.62 (59.10-73.37) | 70.61 (66.13-74.72) | 1.00 |
Region | |||
Northeast | 12.70 (7.61-20.45) | 19.79 (13.87-27.45) | 0.42 (0.28-0.61) |
Midwest | 22.09 (15.88-29.85) | 23.19 (17.44-30.13) | 0.54 (0.38-0.76) |
South | 33.35 (25.49-42.27) | 35.14 (28.96-41.86) | 0.60 (0.43-0.84) |
West | 31.86 (23.01-42.24) | 21.88 (15.68-29.67) | 1.00 |
Note:
CI: confidence interval
OR: odds ratio OR values in bold are statistically significant.