Table 3 Demographic comparisons of handgun 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 handgunc | |||||
Sex | |||||
Male | 1320 (82) | 281 (18) | < 0.001 | 3.72 | 3.15–4.39 |
Female | 903 (56) | 717 (44) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Age | |||||
16–18 years | 1498 (69) | 667 (31) | 0.477 | 1.11 | 0.94–1.32 |
13–15 years | 734 (68) | 346 (32) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Residence | |||||
Farm | 1080 (73) | 395 (27) | < 0.001 | 1.80 | 1.46–2.21 |
Country/not farm | 765 (69) | 337 (31) | 1.55 | 1.25–1.92 | |
Town | 393 (59) | 278 (41) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Race/ethnicity | |||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2077 (70) | 911 (30) | 0.008 | 1.39 | 1.03–1.85 |
Other races/ethnicities | 158 (61) | 99 (39) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
U.S. census region | |||||
Midwest | 1435 (67) | 709 (33) | < 0.001 | 2.06 | 1.36–3.11 |
South | 509 (74) | 176 (26) | 3.13 | 2.01–4.87 | |
West | 229 (78) | 63 (22) | 3.97 | 2.41–6.55 | |
Northeast | 52 (48) | 57 (52) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Frequent firing of handguns (defined as > 100 times)d | |||||
Sex | |||||
Male | 566 (35) | 1035 (65) | < 0.001 | 4.78 | 3.94–5.81 |
Female | 165 (10) | 1455 (90) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Age | |||||
16–18 years | 503 (23) | 1662 (77) | 0.288 | 1.15 | 0.96–1.39 |
13–15 years | 233 (22) | 847 (78) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Residence | |||||
Farm | 380 (26) | 1095 (74) | < 0.001 | 1.91 | 1.47–2.48 |
Country/not farm | 260 (24) | 842 (76) | 1.79 | 1.36–2.35 | |
Town | 95 (14) | 576 (86) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Race/ethnicity | |||||
Non-Hispanic White | 685 (23) | 2303 (77) | 0.118 | 1.28 | 0.90–1.85 |
Other races/ethnicities | 48 (19) | 209 (81) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
U.S. census region | |||||
Midwest | 442 (21) | 1702 (79) | < 0.001 | 1.80 | 0.95–3.38 |
South | 181 (26) | 504 (74) | 2.62 | 1.37–5.02 | |
West | 98 (34) | 194 (66) | 3.65 | 1.86–7.18 | |
Northeast | 12 (11) | 97 (89) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
First time firing a handgun < 12 years olde | |||||
Sex | |||||
Male | 701 (54) | 601 (46) | < 0.001 | 1.37 | 1.15–1.64 |
Female | 385 (45) | 468 (55) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Age | |||||
16–18 | 669 (46) | 782 (54) | < 0.001 | 0.57 | 0.47–0.69 |
13–15 years | 423 (59) | 289 (41) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Residence | |||||
Farm | 537 (51) | 508 (49) | 0.426 | 1.14 | 0.90–1.45 |
Country | 375 (51) | 364 (49) | 1.07 | 0.83–1.38 | |
Town | 182 (48) | 201 (52) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Race/ethnicity | |||||
Non-Hispanic White | 78 (52) | 73 (48) | 0.766 | 1.10 | 0.78–1.56 |
Other races/ethnicities | 1014 (50) | 998 (50) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
U.S. census region | |||||
Midwest | 662 (48) | 730 (52) | < 0.001 | 1.92 | 1.03–3.57 |
South | 285 (58) | 206 (42) | 3.08 | 1.63–5.82 | |
West | 128 (58) | 94 (42) | 3.06 | 1.57–5.98 | |
Northeast | 16 (31) | 35 (69) | 1.0 (ref) | ||