Table 1. Prevalence of Worry About Violence, Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, by Violence Type and Location Among 2870 Respondents to the 2020 California Safety and Well-being Survey.
Violence | Respondents, % (95% CI) | |||||||
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Before the pandemic | During the pandemic | |||||||
Not worried | Somewhat or very worried | Not worried | Somewhat or very worried | Difference among those not worried, percentage points | P value | Difference among those somewhat or very worried, percentage points | P value | |
Type | ||||||||
Homicide | 54.7 (51.9-57.5) | 44.0 (41.2-46.9) | 51.2 (48.4-54.0) | 47.6 (44.8-50.4) | –3.5 | .001 | 3.6 | .001 |
Suicide | 74.6 (71.9-77.1) | 24.5 (22.0-27.2) | 71.0 (68.3-73.7) | 27.7 (25.1-30.5) | –3.5 | .001 | 3.2 | .002 |
Mass shooting | 39.1 (36.5-41.7) | 59.9 (57.3-62.6) | 43.2 (40.5-46.0) | 55.3 (52.6-58.1) | 4.2 | <.001 | –4.6 | <.001 |
Assault | 39.9 (37.3-42.6) | 59.1 (56.4-61.8) | 36.5 (33.9-39.2) | 62.4 (59.7-65.1) | –3.4 | .001 | 3.3 | .002 |
Robbery | 33.5 (31.0-36.2) | 65.5 (62.8-68.0) | 30.8 (28.4-33.4) | 68.2 (65.6-70.7) | –2.7 | .008 | 2.8 | .008 |
Police violence | 53.7 (50.8-56.5) | 45.3 (42.5-48.1) | 48.1 (45.4-50.9) | 50.6 (47.8-53.4) | –5.5 | <.001 | 5.4 | <.001 |
Unintentional shooting | 56.2 (53.3-59.0) | 42.7 (39.9-45.5) | 51.0 (48.2-53.8) | 48.0 (45.3-50.9) | –5.2 | <.001 | 5.4 | <.001 |
Stray bullet shooting | 54.7 (51.9-57.5) | 44.5 (41.7-47.3) | 48.8 (46.0-51.6) | 50.0 (47.3-52.8) | –5.9 | <.001 | 5.6 | <.001 |
Location | ||||||||
Home | 70.6 (67.9-73.1) | 27.9 (25.4-30.5) | 69.4 (66.7-72.0) | 29.1 (26.5-31.7) | –1.2 | .29 | 1.2 | .29 |
Neighborhood | 50.0 (47.3-52.8) | 48.8 (46.0-51.6) | 46.5 (43.7-49.2) | 52.2 (49.4-55.0) | –3.6 | .002 | 3.4 | .003 |
Somewhere else | 27.2 (24.8-29.7) | 71.3 (68.8-73.7) | 26.7 (24.3-29.1) | 71.7 (69.2-74.1) | –0.1 | .65 | 0.0 | .71 |