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Table 1 Weighted proportions of approval, disapproval, and knowledge of sociopolitical movements by gun ownership

From: Understanding knowledge and approval for sociopolitical groups: results from the 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy

 

Overall

% (CI)

(N = 3,096)

Gun ownership

Gun owner

% (CI)

(n = 1,002)

Non-gun owner

% (CI)

(n = 2,094)

The militia movement

   

 Approve

11.4

(9.9–13.1)

14.0

(11.5–17.0)

10.2*

(8.3–12.3)

 Do not approve

43.5

(41.2–45.9)

47.2

(43.3–51.2)

41.8*

(38.8–44.8)

 Lack of knowledge about movement

45.1

(42.6–47.5)

38.8

(35.0–42.8)

48.1*

(45.0–51.2)

The antifascist (Antifa) movement

   

 Approve

11.9

(10.4–13.6)

10.2

(8.2–12.6)

12.7

(10.7–15.0)

 Do not approve

53.7

(51.3–56.2)

64.6

(60.7–68.4)

48.5*

(45.5–51.6)

 Lack of knowledge about movement

34.4

(32.0–36.8)

25.2

(21.7–29.0)

38.8*

(35.8–41.8)

The white supremacy movement

   

 Approve

4.9

(3.9–6.2)

5.3

(3.7–7.4)

4.7

(3.5–6.4)

 Do not approve

78.4

(76.2–80.5)

81.2

(77.5–84.3)

77.1

(74.3–79.7)

 Lack of knowledge about movement

16.7

(14.8–18.7)

13.6

(10.8–17.0)

18.2*

(15.8–20.8)

The Christian nationalist movement

   

 Approve

13.0

(11.4–14.7)

14.4

(11.9–17.2)

12.3

(10.3–14.6)

 Do not approve

46.2

(43.8–48.6)

44.7

(40.9–48.7)

46.9

(43.8–50.0)

 Lack of knowledge about movement

40.9

(38.5–43.3)

40.9

(37.0–44.9)

40.1

(37.9–44.0)

The boogaloo movement

   

 Approve

4.4

(3.4–5.6)

3.6

(2.4–5.3)

4.8

(3.5–6.5)

 Do not approve

32.1

(29.9–34.3)

33.6

(30.0–37.3)

31.4

(28.7–34.2)

 Lack of knowledge about movement

63.5

(61.2–65.8)

62.9

(59.1–66.5)

63.9

(60.9–66.7)

The anarchist movement

   

 Approve

6.7

(5.6–8.1)

6.3

(4.7–8.4)

6.9

(5.5–8.8)

 Do not approve

48.5

(46.0–50.9)

54.0

(50.0–57.9)

45.8*

(42.8–48.9)

 Lack of knowledge about movement

44.8

(42.4–47.3)

39.7

(35.9–43.7)

47.3*

(44.3–50.4)

Collective knowledge and approval

   

 Approval of at least 1 of the 6 movements

27.3

(25.1–29.5)

30.6

(27.1–34.3)

25.7*

(23.1–28.5)

 Lack of knowledge about all 6 movements

11.7

(10.1–13.5)

8.8

(6.5–11.8)

13.1*

(11.1–15.5)

  1. *P-values ≤ 0.05 were considered significant (shown in bold)