Table 3.

Results From Five Weighted, Multivariable Logistic Regression Analyses Predicting Each Reason for Having Firearms in the Home.

	Protection		Hunting		Target		Collection		Work
	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI
Child race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White  (ref)	—		—		—		—		—
African American	4.49****	2.68, 7.50	0.14****	0.09, 0.23	0.10****	0.05, 0.20	0.26***	0.13, 0.51	2.35	0.91, 6.08
Hispanic	1.44	0.77, 2.72	0.25****	0.15, 0.43	0.80	0.43, 1.49	0.96	0.42, 2.16	7.49***	2.43, 23.11
Other/multiracial	2.56*	1.07, 6.11	0.22*	0.07, 0.69	0.42	0.14, 1.32	0.46	0.14, 1.43	2.68	0.63, 10.16
Study site
Birmingham (ref)	—		—		—		—		—
Houston	1.27	0.81, 2.00	1.09	0.69, 1.72	0.76	0.51, 1.13	0.45**	0.26, 0.78	1.38	0.58, 3.28
Los Angeles	0.73	0.41, 1.29	0.20****	0.11, 0.38	1.20	0.67, 2.17	1.07	0.58, 1.96	1.56	0.56, 4.36
Standardized family SES  (high relative to low)	0.83	0.62, 1.12	1.50***	1.19, 1.89	1.56*	1.08, 2.24	1.35*	1.04, 1.74	1.17	0.68, 2.03

Note. aOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; ref = referent; SES = socioeconomic status. Sample N for all analyses = 880. Parents were permitted to offer multiple reasons for having firearms, so some participants are included in multiple analyses.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.

^****p < .0001.