Table 2.
Comparing gun owners to non-owners (N = 522)
| Owner (N = 145) | Non-owner (N = 377) | Bivariate comparisons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N (%) | M (SD) | % | M (SD) | Χ2/t |
| Demographics | |||||
| Male | 102 (70.3) | 157 (41.6) | 34.506*** | ||
| White | 127 (87.6) | 272 (72.1) | 15.388*** | ||
| Age | 51.00 (17.25) | 48.27 (18.31) | − 1.548 | ||
| Political identification | 18.610*** | ||||
| Republican | 74 (51.0) | 117 (31.0) | |||
| Democrat | 43 (29.7) | 171 (45.4) | |||
| Other | 28 (19.3) | 89 (23.6) | |||
| Location | 6.315* | ||||
| Urban | 46 (31.7) | 148 (39.3) | |||
| Suburban | 59 (40.7) | 161 (42.7) | |||
| Rural | 40 (27.6) | 68 (18.0) | |||
| Income | 7.57 (3.46) | 6.37 (3.74) | − 3.481** | ||
| Experiences | |||||
| Victim of crime | 70 (48.3) | 137 (36.3) | 6.235* | ||
| Know a victim of crime | 67(46.2) | 145 (38.5) | 2.605 | ||
| Know shooting victim | 58(40.0) | 111 (29.4) | 5.331* | ||
| Exposure | 3.43(1.10) | 2.15 (1.11) | − 11.810*** | ||
| Perceived familiarity | 3.76 (1.01) | 3.26 (0.97) | − 5.330*** | ||
| Knowledge | |||||
| Gun crime | 1.05 (2.17) | 0.49 (2.02) | − 2.831** | ||
| Gun policy | 2.79 (2.08) | 1.70 (2.12) | − 5.317*** | ||
| Gun functioning | 0.77 (2.14) | − 0.24 (1.66) | − 5.116*** | ||
| Support for gun control | |||||
| General gun control | 2.91 (1.02) | 3.42 (0.81) | 5.346*** | ||
| Reduce ownership | 2.15 (1.43) | 2.60 (1.23) | 3.318* | ||
| Dangerous people | 3.97 (0.98) | 4.15 (0.84) | 1.991* | ||
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001 (two-tailed tests)