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Table 2 Demographic comparisons of rifle/shotgun use among survey respondents at the 2021 National FFA Convention & Expo

From: A national study of firearm exposure and safety training among rural youth

Variables

Cross tab analysis

Logistic regression analysisa

Yes

No

p value

OR

95% CI

n (Row %)b

n (Row %)b

Fired a rifle/shotgunc

 Sex

  Male

1513 (94)

99 (6)

< 0.001

4.52

3.55–5.75

  Female

1249 (77)

382 (23)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Age

  16–18 years

1849 (85)

329 (15)

0.695

1.04

0.83–1.30

  13–15 years

931 (85)

159 (15)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Residence

  Farm

1341 (90)

145 (10)

< 0.001

3.44

2.67–4.45

  Country/not farm

959 (86)

151 (14)

 

2.44

1.89–3.16

  Town

483 (72)

192 (28)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Race/ethnicity

  Non-Hispanic White

2597 (86)

412 (14)

< 0.001

2.5

1.82–3.45

  Other races/ethnicities

181 (70)

78 (30)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 U.S. census region

  Midwest

1835 (85)

324 (15)

0.003

1.97

1.23–3.15

  South

591 (86)

99 (14)

 

2.37

1.42–3.95

  West

258 (88)

34 (12)

 

3.24

1.78–5.91

  Northeast

82 (74)

29 (26)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Frequent firing of rifles/shotguns (defined as > 100 times)d

 Sex

  Male

1011 (63)

601 (37)

< 0.001

5.32

4.54–6.22

  Female

396 (24)

1235 (76)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Age

  16–18 years

962 (44)

1216 (56)

0.085

1.24

1.05–1.47

  13–15 years

447 (41)

643 (59)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Residence

  Farm

768 (52)

718 (48)

< 0.001

2.84

2.29–3.53

  Country/not farm

460 (41)

650 (59)

 

1.90

1.51–2.38

  Town

182 (27)

493 (73)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Race/ethnicity

  Non-Hispanic White

1335 (44)

1674 (56)

< 0.001

1.96

1.43–2.70

  Other races/ethnities

72 (28)

187 (72)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 U.S. census region

  Midwest

902 (42)

1257 (58)

< 0.001

1.41

0.89–2.22

  South

315 (46)

375 (54)

 

1.81

1.12–2.92

  West

154 (53)

138 (47)

 

2.56

1.52–4.29

  Northeast

33 (30)

78 (70)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

First time firing a rifle/shotgun < 10 years olde

 Sex

  Male

788 (54)

680 (46)

< 0.001

1.84

1.57–2.16

  Female

448 (38)

721 (62)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Age

  16–18

801 (45)

967 (55)

0.028

0.83

0.70–0.99

  13–15 years

441 (50)

444 (50)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Residence

  Farm

656 (51)

625 (49)

< 0.001

2.12

1.68–2.67

  Country/not farm

431 (48)

476 (53)

 

1.75

1.37–2.23

  Town

155 (33)

312 (67)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 Race/ethnicity

  Non-Hispanic White

1171 (47)

1310 (53)

0.215

0.72

0.98–1.39

  Other races/ethnicities

71 (42)

97 (58)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

 U.S. census region

  Midwest

741 (42)

1014 (58)

< 0.001

1.62

0.97–2.69

  South

334 (59)

231 (41)

 

3.32

1.96–5.63

  West

139 (57)

103 (43)

 

3.08

1.75–5.42

  Northeast

24 (31)

54 (69)

 

1.0 (ref)

 
  1. aThe analyses performed controlled for all other listed variables in the models
  2. bThe sum of n for a variable may not equal the total Group N due to missing values
  3. cThe total number of cases used in the logistic regression model was 3199
  4. dThe total number of cases used in the logistic regression model was 3199
  5. eThe total number of cases used in the logistic regression model was 2607
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Injury Epidemiology

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