Table 6 Demographic comparisons related to firearm safety training 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 | CI | |
n (Row %)b | n (Row %)b | ||||
Completed firearm safety course | |||||
Sex | |||||
Male | 1154 (72) | 455 (28) | < 0.001 | 1.61 | 1.35–1.92 |
Female | 777 (48) | 848 (52) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Age | |||||
16–18 years | 1313 (60) | 861 (40) | 0.168 | 1.28 | 1.06–1.53 |
13–15 years | 628 (58) | 457 (42) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Residence | |||||
Farm | 1001 (67) | 483 (33) | < 0.001 | 1.64 | 1.29–2.08 |
Country/not farm | 651 (59) | 455 (41) | 1.28 | 1.00–1.63 | |
Town | 292 (44) | 379 (56) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Race/ethnicity | |||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1821 (61) | 1185 (39) | < 0.001 | 1.10 | 0.78–1.56 |
Other races/ethnicities | 119 (47) | 134 (53) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
U.S. census region | |||||
Midwest | 1265 (59) | 884 (41) | 0.025 | 0.78 | 0.48–1.28 |
South | 418 (60) | 274 (40) | 0.84 | 0.50–1.41 | |
West | 196 (67) | 96 (33) | 1.15 | 0.66–2.03 | |
Northeast | 58 (53) | 51 (47) | 1.0 ref) | ||
School/club shooting team member | |||||
Yes | 630 (87) | 95 (13) | < 0.001 | 4.20 | 3.25–5.43 |
No | 1279 (52) | 1199 (48) | 1.0 (ref) | ||
Firearm usage | |||||
Never Used a Firearm | 35 (8) | 401 (92) | < 0.001 | 0.14 | 0.09–0.21 |
Both rifle and handgun | 1583 (72) | 604 (28) | 1.80 | 1.43–2.25 | |
Rifle or handgun only | 309 (50) | 305 (50) | 1.0 (ref) | ||