Table 4.
Percentage of pediatricians who counsel parents to remove handguns from home (always or sometimes combined) by personal and practice characteristics, 1994 and 2000
| 1994 | 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 766 | p Value* | n = 922 | p Value* | |
| *Comparisons are made within the sample year. | ||||
| All respondents | 46.2 | 55.9 | ||
| Sex | 0.007 | 0.15 | ||
| Male | 41.7 | 52.2 | ||
| Female | 51.8 | 60.6 | ||
| Age (years) | 0.590 | 0.688 | ||
| <45 | 47.4 | 57.1 | ||
| ⩾45 | 45.2 | 55.7 | ||
| Treated gun injury in the past 12 months | 0.001 | 0.008 | ||
| Yes | 59.2 | 67.4 | ||
| No | 43.2 | 54.4 | ||
| Own a gun | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 30.7 | 37.2 | ||
| No | 49.7 | 59.2 | ||
| Practice location | <0.001 | 0.808 | ||
| Inner city | 60.5 | 59.1 | ||
| Urban, non-inner city | 43.3 | 56.7 | ||
| Suburban | 40.1 | 55.0 | ||
| Rural | 41.3 | 58.7 | ||
| Region | 0.017 | 0.637 | ||
| Northeast | 50.6 | 58.5 | ||
| Midwest | 47.8 | 56.4 | ||
| South | 37.9 | 53.0 | ||
| West | 52.2 | 56.4 | ||
| Practice type | 0.206 | 0.852 | ||
| Solo/two person | 41.7 | 56.8 | ||
| Group | 43.0 | 54.9 | ||
| Hospital/medical school | 49.8 | 57.0 | ||
| Specialty | 0.928 | <0.001 | ||
| General pediatrics | 46.2 | 62.3 | ||
| Subspecialty | 45.7 | 37.1 | ||
| Training status | 0.921 | 0.016 | ||
| Resident | 46.0 | 67.4 | ||
| Post resident | 46.5 | 54.4 | ||