Table 2.
Prevalence and extent of community environment experiences of violence by respondents’ age, race/ethnicity, gender, and firearm ownership (n = 2870)
| Respondent characteristic | These days…how much of a problem are gunshots and shootings in your neighborhood? Weighted row % (95% CI) |
In an average week…how many sidewalk memorials did you see at places where people died from violence? Weighted row % (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not a problem | Small problem | Big problem | 0 | 1 | ≥ 2 | |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–29 | 62.1 (53.7–69.8) | 21.5 (15.5–29.1) | 7.9 (4.4–13.7) | 49.8 (41.5–58.2) | 17.0 (11.7–24.1) | 27.4 (20.6–35.4) |
| 30–44 | 52.4 (46.6–58.2) | 25.8 (21.0–31.4) | 10.1 (6.9–14.4) | 47.4 (41.7–53.2) | 20.2 (15.8–25.4) | 26.4 (21.5–31.8) |
| 45–59 | 61.2 (56.0–66.1) | 22.8 (18.6–27.5) | 7.3 (4.9–10.8) | 51.5 (46.2–56.6) | 19.7 (15.9–24.2) | 24.3 (20.3–28.7) |
| 60 + | 74.3 (70.8–77.5) | 14.0 (11.7–16.5) | 4.2 (2.6–6.7) | 61.7 (58.0–65.2) | 16.9 (14.4–19.8) | 19.8 (16.9–23.1) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 72.3 (68.8–75.6) | 16.2 (13.6–19.1) | 3.7 (2.3–5.8) | 61.8 (58.1–65.4) | 16.3 (13.9–19.0) | 19.7 (16.7–23.1) |
| Black | 60.4 (48.2–71.5) | 18.4 (10.8–29.6) | 12.8 (6.0–25.2) | 38.5 (27.4–51.0) | 24.3 (15.3–36.3) | 30.7 (21.3–42.1) |
| Asian-American | 66.1 (57.3–73.9) | 18.6 (12.6–26.5) | 7.2 (3.7–13.6) | 58.9 (50.3–67.0) | 22.3 (16.0–30.3) | 15.2 (10.1–22.3) |
| Multiracial or other | 75.9 (59.0–87.3) | 9.5 (3.9–21.5) | 7.3 (1.4–30.1) | 62.4 (45.7–76.6) | 12.0 (5.6–24.1) | 25.6 (14.0–42.1) |
| Latinx | 47.6 (42.7–52.6) | 29.5 (25.0–34.4) | 11.0 (8.3–14.6) | 40.8 (36.1–45.7) | 19.7 (15.8–24.2) | 32.1 (27.7–36.9) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 61.1 (57.0–65.1) | 23.4 (20.0–27.2) | 7.2 (5.2–10.0) | 54.2 (50.0–58.2) | 17.9 (14.9–21.2) | 23.2 (19.9–26.9) |
| Female | 63.4 (59.6–67.0) | 18.9 (16.1–22.2) | 7.5 (5.6–10.0) | 51.6 (47.7–55.4) | 19.4 (16.5–22.7) | 25.1 (21.9–28.6) |
| Household firearm ownership | ||||||
| Non-owner | 60.1 (56.8–63.4) | 22.0 (19.2–24.9) | 8.2 (6.4–10.4) | 51.2 (47.9–54.5) | 19.2 (16.7–22.0) | 25.3 (22.5–28.4) |
| Firearm owner | 71.6 (64.7–77.6) | 19.0 (14.0–25.2) | 3.3 (1.2–8.7) | 60.4 (53.5–66.9) | 15.7 (11.6–20.8) | 20.2 (15.0–26.6) |
| Non-owner living with owner | 64.4 (54.4–73.3) | 18.1 (11.9–26.4) | 10.8 (5.4–20.5) | 54.5 (44.7–63.9) | 19.0 (12.6–27.5) | 26.2 (18.8–35.4) |
Refusals and “don’t know” responses are not shown. See “Methods” in supplement for exact text of questions