Characteristics associated with the belief that keeping a gun in the home makes the people who live there more safe or less safe* (n=3078); multinomial logistic regression results, odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
| Characteristics | More safe | It depends | Less safe |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Twenty five per cent of cases were excluded due to missing information concerning one or more variables of interest. Violent victimization and perceived level of firearm related crime in the neighborhood were excluded from the final model. | |||
| †For comparison purposes, odds ratios for reference categories were set at 1.0. | |||
| ‡Measured on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 = “not worried at all” and 10 = “extremely worried about members of your family or close friends becoming a victim of violent crime”. | |||
| Sex | |||
| Female | 1.0† | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Male | 2.4 (2.1 to 2.9) | 1.6 (1.3 to 1.9) | 0.26 (0.18 to 0.38) |
| Age group (years) | |||
| >65 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 35–65 | 2.3 (0.97 to 5.4) | 1.20 (0.56 to 2.3) | 0.38 (0.08 to 1.8) |
| <34 | 2.0 (0.86 to 4.9) | 1.62 (0.64 to 2.6) | 0.38 (0.08 to 2.6) |
| Ethnicity/race | |||
| White | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| African American | 1.1 (0.79 to 1.5) | 1.47 (1.1 to 2.0) | 0.63 (0.34 to 1.2) |
| Education (years) | |||
| >12 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ≤12 | 1.8 (1.5 to 2.1) | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.0) | 0.34 (0.24 to 0.49) |
| Children <18 living at home | |||
| Yes | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| No | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6) | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6) | 0.58 (0.40 to 0.85) |
| Political party membership | |||
| Democrat | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Independent | 11.1 (6.1 to 20.1) | 3.7 (1.9 to 7.4) | 0.02 (0.01 to 0.09) |
| Republican | 16.6 (9.2 to 29.7) | 5.0 (2.6 to 9.8) | 0.01 (0.003 to 0.04) |
| Trust in the police to keep the neighborhood safe | |||
| A lot of trust | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Some trust | 1.28 (1.25 to 1.3) | 1.2 (1.1 to 1.2) | 0.69 (0.66 to 0.72) |
| Very little/no trust | 4.5 (2.1 to 9.2) | 3.6 (1.8 to 7.2) | 0.06 (0.02 to 0.26) |
| Fear of violent victimization‡ | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | 0.97 (0.90 to 1.1) |