Table 2.
Household storage of poisonous substances and firearms, by whether young children live in or only visit the home, United States, 2002
| Storage practice | Children aged <6 live in homea n (%)b |
Children aged <6 only visit home n (%)b |
OR (95% CI)c |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 157/157 (100) | 480/480 (100) | |
| Poisons | |||
| Medicines in the open | 27/157 (18) | 183/480 (38) | 2.89 (1.84–4.54) |
| Medicines unlocked | 122/157 (78) | 400/479 (83) | 1.40 (0.89–2.19) |
| Medicines in a purse/pocketbook | 50/153 (33) | 218/476 (46) | 1.74 (1.18–2.54) |
| Household chemicals unlocked | 85/157 (55) | 354/480 (74) | 2.33 (1.60–3.39) |
| Shop or garden chemicals | |||
| Present | 76/156 (49) | 252/480 (52) | 1/16 (0.81–1.66) |
| Present and unlockedd | 43/75 (58) | 144/244 (59) | 1.04 (0.62–1.76) |
| Firearms | |||
| Present | 50/153 (33) | 159/469 (34) | 1.06 (0.72–1.57) |
| Present and not all locked upe | 16/50 (33) | 88/157 (56) | 2.57 (1.32–5.03) |
a
Households where children live may or may not have children visiting.
b
Denominators in certain cells may vary due to missing data. Frequencies and percentages are based on weighted data.
c
Odds of the storage practice in households with children aged <6 visiting versus living in home.
d
This question was restricted to households where shop/garden chemicals were present.
e
This question was restricted to households where firearms were present.
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.