Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with and without lifetime history of firesetting
| Firesetters N=407 | General population N=41,552 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic Characteristic | % | 95% C.I. | % | 95%C.I. | OR | (95% CI) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Men | 82,1 | (77,4- 85,9) | 47,4 | (46,8- 48,1) | 5,1 | (3,8- 6,8) |
| female(ref) | 17,9 | (14,1- 22,6) | 52,6 | (51,9- 53,2) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| White(ref) | 80,5 | (74,9- 85,0) | 70,9 | (67,6- 74,0) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| Black | 8,6 | (6,0- 12,2) | 11,0 | (9,8- 12,4) | 0,7 | (0,5- 1,0) |
| Native American | 2,2 | (1,0- 4,6) | 2,1 | (1,8- 2,4) | 0,9 | (0,4- 1,9) |
| Asian | 1,5 | (0,5- 4,3) | 4,4 | (3,5- 5,7) | 0,3 | (0,1- 0,9) |
| Hispanic | 7,3 | (4,7- 11,0) | 11,6 | (9,3- 14,3) | 0,6 | (0,4- 0,8) |
| Nativity | ||||||
| US-born(ref) | 94,2 | (88,7- 97,1) | 85,3 | (82,1- 88,1) | 2,8 | (1,4- 5,7) |
| Foreign-born | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) | ||||
| Age | ||||||
| 18–29(ref) | 37,7 | (31,6- 44,2) | 21,7 | (21,0- 22,5) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| 30–44 | 32,0 | (26,6- 38,0) | 30,8 | (30,1- 31,5) | 0,6 | (0,4- 0,8) |
| 45–64 | 26,1 | (20,9- 32,1) | 31,1 | (30,5- 31,7) | 0,5 | (0,3- 0,7) |
| 65+ | 4,2 | (2,4- 7,1) | 16,4 | (15,7- 17,1) | 0,2 | (0,1- 0,3) |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 12,9 | (9,6- 17,1) | 15,5 | (14,6- 16,5) | 0,8 | (0,6- 1,0) |
| High school graduate | 27,4 | (21,8- 33,7) | 29,3 | (28,2- 30,5) | 0,9 | (0,6- 1,2) |
| Some college or higher | 59,7 | (53,8- 65,3) | 55,1 | (53,8- 56,4) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| Personal income,$ | ||||||
| 0–19,999 | 42,5 | (36,2- 49,1) | 47,3 | (46,1- 48,5) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| 20,000–34,999 | 25,9 | (20,3- 32,5) | 22,6 | (21,8- 23,3) | 1,3 | (0,9- 1,8) |
| 35,000–69,999 | 19,7 | (15,5- 24,7) | 22,0 | (21,3- 22,8) | 1,0 | (0,7- 1,4) |
| 70,000+ | 11,8 | (8,3- 16,6) | 8,1 | (7,4- 8,9) | 1,6 | (1,1- 2,5) |
| Family Income | ||||||
| 0–19K(ref) | 24,1 | (19,0- 30,2) | 23,4 | (22,4- 24,3) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| 20–34K | 16,3 | (12,4- 21,3) | 20,2 | (19,6- 20,9) | 0,8 | (0,5- 1,1) |
| 35–69K | 35,4 | (29,5- 41,8) | 32,2 | (31,5- 32,8) | 1,1 | (0,8- 1,5) |
| >70K | 24,1 | (19,2- 29,8) | 24,3 | (22,9- 25,7) | 1,0 | (0,7- 1,4) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 54,5 | (48,2- 60,6) | 62,0 | (61,1- 63,0) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| Widowed/separated/divorced | 11,1 | (8,1- 15,1) | 17,4 | (17,0- 17,9) | 0,7 | (0,5- 1,0) |
| Never married | 34,4 | (28,5- 40,8) | 20,5 | (19,6- 21,5) | 1,9 | (1,4- 2,6) |
| Urbanicity | ||||||
| Urban | 82,1 | (75,7- 87,0) | 80,2 | (76,7- 83,2) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| Rural | 17,9 | (13,0- 24,3) | 19,8 | (16,8- 23,3) | 0,9 | (0,6- 1,2) |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 12,7 | (7,6- 20,5) | 19,8 | (13,9- 27,5) | 0,4 | (0,3- 0,6) |
| Midwest | 22,1 | (15,9- 29,9) | 23,2 | (17,4- 30,1) | 0,7 | (0,5- 0,9) |
| South | 33,4 | (25,5- 42,3) | 35,1 | (29,0- 41,9) | 0,7 | (0,5- 0,9) |
| West(ref) | 31,9 | (23,0- 42,2) | 21,9 | (15,7- 29,7) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Private(ref) | 64,5 | (58,4- 70,1) | 68,3 | (66,8- 69,8) | 1,0 | (1,0- 1,0) |
| Public | 12,1 | (8,9- 16,1) | 12,9 | (12,2- 13,6) | 1,0 | (0,7- 1,4) |
| No insurance | 23,4 | (18,3- 29,4) | 18,8 | (17,6- 20,0) | 1,3 | (1,0- 1,8) |