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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for victimization and demographic variables for parent firearm ownership, N = 2,924

From: Association between community violence exposure and teen parental firearm ownership: data from a nationally representative study

 

Parent has a firearm in the house

Chi-Squares

No

N (%)

Yes

N (%)

Sex

  

273.45***

 Male

503 (39.1)

785 (60.9)

 

Race

  

14.39***

 Non-white and/or Hispanic

449 (28.0)

274 (21.8)

 

Marital status

  

12.20***

 Married

1,308 (54.5)

1,093 (45.5)

 

Education

  

46.11***

 Some college or trade school and beyond

1,209 (75.6)

803 (63.9)

 

Age (mean, stand. dev.)

47.1 (9.4)

47.8 (10.2)

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Parent partner victimization (mean, stand. dev.)

0.15 (0.8)

0.06 (0.4)

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Parent non-partner victimization (mean, stand. dev.)

0.07 (0.5)

0.04 (0.5)

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  1. ***p < 0.001