Storage of firearms in vehicles: findings from a sample of firearm owners in nine U.S. states

Table 1 Weighted descriptive statistics—firearm Owners (N = 3,063)

	N	%		N	%
Firearm stored in vehicle			Marital status
No vehicle storage	2196	73	Married	1947	64
Locked vehicle storage only	158	5	Widowed	124	4
Unlocked vehicle storage only	279	9	Divorced/separated	326	11
Both locked and unlocked vehicle storage	387	13	Never married	623	21
Purchased firearm since March 2020	707	23	Employment status
Female	1479	49	Full time	1487	49
Age			Part time	436	14
18–29	382	13	Not working	1098	36
30–44	790	26	Current/former military	464	15
45–59	834	28	Rent home	402	13
60 +	1015	34	Live in metropolitan area	2542	84
Education			State
No HS	158	5	TX	908	30
H.S. degree	906	30	NJ	92	3
Some college	989	33	PA	403	13
Bachelors or more	968	32	OH	346	11
Race and ethnicity			MN	192	6
Non-Hispanic White	2135	71	FL	555	18
Non-Hispanic Black	236	8	MS	126	4
Hispanic	457	15	CO	172	6
Non-Hispanic raOther/2 +	192	6	WA	226	7
Household income				M	SD
< $24,999	204	7	Perceived safety	50.34	0.31
$25,000 to $74,999	983	33
$75,000 to $149,999	1190	39
$150,000 +	645	21

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