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. 2017 Apr 10;4:11. doi: 10.1186/s40621-017-0109-8

Table 1.

Correlates of having had one or more guns stolen (weighted)

Number of Gun Owners (weighted) % had guns stolen (95% CI) Unadjusted Odds Ratios (95% CI)
Total 1604 2.4% [1.6,3.6]
Demographic Characteristics
 Age
   < 30 184 2.1% [0.5,7.9] Ref
  30–44 366 4.3% [2.0,8.9] 2.1 [0.4,10.6]
  45–59 507 2.1% [1.0,4.4] 1.0 [0.2,5.1]
  60+ 547 1.6% [0.9,2.9] 0.8 [0.2,3.6]
 Gender
  Male 1159 2.2% [1.4,3.5] Ref
  Female 445 3.1% [1.3,6.8] 1.4 [0.5,3.7]
 Ethnicity
  White (non- Hispanic) 1295 1.8% [1.1,2.8] Ref
  Non-White 309 5.2% [2.5,10.6}] 3.0 [1.2, 7.5]*
 Income
   < $75,000 816 2.6% [1.5,4.7] Ref
  $75,000+ 788 2.2% [1.3,3.9] 0.9 [0.4,2.0]
 Urbanicity
  Rural 616 3.1% [1.6,5.8] Ref
  Suburban 732 1.6% [0.8,3.1] 0.5 [0.1,1.3]
  Urban 248 3.4% [1.6,7.3] 0.9 [0.3,2.6]
 Region
  Northeast 200 0.8% [0.2,3.2] Ref
  Midwest 383 1.2% [0.5,3.1] 1.5 [0.3,8.2]
  South 692 3.7% [2.1,6.3]* 4.8 [1.1,21.6]*
  West 329 2.1% [0.9,5.1] 2.7 [0.5,14.3]
Gun-Related Characteristics
 # Guns Owned
   < 6 1155 1.7% [1.0,2.9] Ref
  6+ 410 4.5% [2.4,8.5]* 2.7 [1.1,6.4]*
 Own Guns for Protection
  No 492 1.0 [0.3,2.2] Ref
  Yes 1121 3.1 [2.0,4.8]* 3.6 [1.3,10.0]**
 Carry Guns
  No 1255 1.7% [1.0,2.8] Ref
  Yes 346 5.3% [2.8,9.7]** 3.3 [1.4,7.8]**
 Store Gun in Car
  No 1519 2.2 [1.4,3.5] Ref
  Yes 94 5.7 [2.1,4.8] 2.6 [0.8,8.4]
 Safe Gun Storage
  Worst 487 4.1 [2.4,7.0] Ref
  Intermediate 711 2.1 [1.0,4.4] 0.5 [0.2,1.3]
  Best 374 1.0 [0.3,3.0] 0.2 [0.1,0.8]*

**significant at .01, * at .05