Table 2.
Lifetime Prevalence of Antisocial Behaviors in Adults With and Without a Lifetime History of Fire-setting Behavior
| Behavior |
Fire-setters (N = 407) % (95%CIa) |
Non Fire-setters (N = 41,552) % (95%CIa) |
ORb 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | |||
| Force someone to have sex | 1.42 (0.59-3.40) | 0.12 (0.09-0.17) | 18.36 (13.73-24.55) |
| Get into lots of fights that you started |
21.04 (16.51-26.51) | 2.61 (2.38-2.85) | 11.57 (4.38-30.53) |
| Get into a fight that came to swapping blows with Husband/Wife or Boyfriend/Girlfriend |
18.91 (15.08-23.44) | 6.50 (6.07-6.96) | 9.96 (7.17-13.84) |
| Use a weapon in a fight | 21.32 (16.80-26.66) | 2.47 (2.26-2.70) | 3.35 (2.49-4.51) |
| Hit someone so hard that you injure them |
34.91 (29.22-41.06) | 5.69 (5.29-6.11) | 10.69 (7.81-14.64) |
| Harass/threaten/blackmail someone | |||
| 21.50 (16.48-27.55) | 1.50 (1.33-1.69) | 8.89 (6.71-11.79) | |
| Bully/push people | 34.11 (28.50-40.19) | 5.93 (5.55-6.34) | 8.20 (6.25-10.77) |
| Hurt an animal on purpose | 17.61 (12.99-23.44) | 1.64 (1.48-1.83) | 12.79 (8.85-18.49) |
| Rob/mug someone or snatch a purse | |||
| 4.57 (2.82-7.33) | 0.25 (0.19-0.32) | 19.36 (10.89-34.43) | |
| Do things that could have easily hurt you/others |
53.08 (46.79-59.27) | 13.69 (12.74-14.70) | 7.13 (5.51-9.22) |
| Non-violent | |||
| Cut class and leave without permission |
61.42 (55.47-67.04) | 21.49 (20.77-22.24) | 5.81 (4.50-7.51) |
| Stay out late at night | 62.62 (56.52-68.34) | 25.38 (24.49-26.29) | 4.93 (3.76-6.46) |
| Run away from home overnight | 26.44 (21.40-32.19) | 4.90 (4.59-5.24) | 6.97 (5.25-9.25) |
| Be absent from work/ school a lot | 32.84 (26.84-39.45) | 6.60 (6.23-7.00) | 6.91 (5.17-9.25) |
| Quit a job without knowing where to find another |
42.11 (36.45-47.98) | 11.27 (10.68-11.89) | 5.72 (4.46-7.35) |
| Quit a school program without knowing what to do next |
18.99 (15.25-23.39) | 3.65 (3.35-3.97) | 6.19 (4.71-8.14) |
| Travel around more than 1 month without plans |
17.89 (13.85-22.81) | 3.28 (3.03-3.54) | 6.44 (4.74-8.74) |
| Have no regular place to live at least 1 month |
20.00 (15.61-25.24) | 2.56 (2.31-2.85) | 9.50 (7.00-12.88) |
| Live with others at least 1 month | 37.87 (32.00-44.13) | 10.87 (10.19-11.60) | 5.00 (3.88-6.44) |
| Lie a lot | 33.32 (27.55-39.65) | 4.98 (4.67-5.30) | 9.55 (7.17-12.71) |
| Use a false or made up name/ alias | |||
| 19.63 (15.06-25.17) | 1.95 (1.78-2.13) | 12.29 (8.85-17.07) | |
| Scam/con someone for money | 18.90 (14.52-24.22) | 1.32 (1.16-1.49) | 17.46 (12.63-24.14) |
| Get three or more traffic tickets for reckless driving/causing accidents |
23.39 (18.90-28.58) | 8.52 (7.89-9.20) | 3.28 (2.45-4.39) |
| Have a driver’s license suspended/revoked |
26.42 (21.75-31.70) | 7.57 (7.06-8.11) | 4.39 (3.36-5.72) |
| Destroy others’ property | 49.58 (43.51-55.66) | 3.22 (2.94-3.53) | 29.54 (22.76-38.35) |
| Fail to pay off your debts | 24.13 (18.76-30.46) | 3.95 (3.63-4.29) | 7.74 (5.56-10.78) |
| Steal anything from others | 56.79 (50.15-63.20) | 8.46 (7.90-9.05) | 14.23 (10.74-18.85) |
| Forge someone’s signature | 14.22 (10.52-18.94) | 2.01 (1.83-2.21) | 8.07 (5.66-11.51) |
| Shoplift | 58.16 (51.79-64.26) | 10.80 (10.11-11.52) | 11.48 (8.82-14.96) |
| Make money illegally | 27.90 (22.49-34.05) | 2.48 (2.25-2.74) | 15.19 (11.12-20.76) |
Note:
a
CI: confidence interval. bOR: odds ratio. OR values in bold are statistically significant.
b
OR: odds ratio. OR values in bold are statistically significant.