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

Table 4 Demographic comparisons of hunting behaviors among survey respondents at the 2021 National FFA Convention & Expo

Variables	Cross tab analysis			Logistic regression analysis^a
	Yes	No	p value	OR	95% CI
	n (Row %)^b	n (Row %)^b	p value	OR	95% CI
Had gone hunting^c
Sex
Male	1229 (77)	377 (23)	< 0.001	2.90	2.47–3.39
Female	848 (53)	765 (47)		1.0 (ref)
Age
16–18 years	1391 (64)	770 (36)	0.966	1.06	0.90–1.25
13–15 years	695 (64)	386 (36)		1.0 (ref)
Residence
Farm	1066 (72)	408 (28)	< 0.001	3.01	2.46–3.68
Country/not farm	722 (66)	379 (34)		2.24	1.82–2.76
Town	300 (45)	369 (55)		1.0 (ref)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1954 (65)	1030 (35)	< 0.001	1.89	1.41–2.50
Other races/ethnicites	128 (50)	129 (50)		1.0 (ref)
U.S. census region
Midwest	1335 (62)	808 (38)	< 0.001	1.08	0.71–1.63
South	488 (71)	195 (29)		1.85	1.19–2.87
West	191 (66)	99 (34)		1.40	0.87–2.27
Northwest	64 (58)	46 (42)		1.0 (ref)
Went hunting the first time when < 10 years old^d
Sex
Male	498 (41)	721 (59)	< 0.001	1.34	1.11–1.62
Female	275 (33)	561 (67)		1.0 (ref)
Age
16–18 years	493 (36)	885 (64)	0.022	0.79	0.65–0.96
13–15 years	281 (41)	405 (59)		1.0 (ref)
Residence
Farm	419 (40)	632 (60)	0.002	1.75	1.31–2.34
Country/not farm	272 (38)	444 (62)		1.48	1.09–2.01
Town	85 (29)	213 (71)		1.0 (ref)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	728 (38)	1203 (62)	0.690	1.16	0.78–1.75
Other races/ethnicities	46 (36)	82 (64)		1.0 (ref)
U.S. census region
Midwest	449 (34)	872 (66)	< 0.001	3.38	1.59–7.19
South	273 (57)	206 (43)		9.07	4.21–19.55
West	43 (23)	148 (77)		1.90	0.84–4.32
Northeast	9 (14)	55 (86)		1.0 (ref)

^aThe analyses performed controlled for all other listed variables in the models
^bThe sum of n for a variable may not equal the total Group N due to missing values
^cThe total number of cases used in the logistic regression model was 3175
^dIncludes only those that had gone hunting. The total number of cases used in the logistic regression model was 2034

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