Table 2

Five-class model: probability of endorsing item given latent class membership and firearm owners, 2018 California Safety and Well-Being Survey

	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5
Class membership probabilities	0.31	0.26	0.21	0.14	0.09
Number of firearms owned
1	<0.01	0.73	0.91	<0.01	<0.01
2–4	0.48	0.27	0.09	0.79	<0.01
5+	0.52	<0.01	<0.01	0.21	>0.99
Type(s) of firearm(s) owned*
Assault-type weapon(s) and other firearms†	0.16	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.53
Handgun(s) and long gun(s) other than assault-type weapons	0.84	<0.01	<0.01	0.77	0.46
Handgun(s) only	<0.01	0.38	0.87	0.23	<0.01
Long gun(s) other than assault-type weapons only	0.01	0.62	>0.13	<0.01	<0.01
Reason for firearm ownership
Any owned primarily for protection against people	0.28	<0.01	>0.99	0.93	0.79
None owned primarily for protection against people	0.72	>0.99	<0.01	0.07	0.22
Firearm storage
Least secure‡	0.05	<0.01	0.08	0.71	0.59
Moderately secure§	0.36	0.45	0.53	0.23	0.13
Most secure¶	0.52	0.45	0.37	<0.01	0.04
Any stored at work/someplace else	0.08	0.10	0.02	0.06	0.25
Loaded handgun carrying (past 30 days)
Yes, primarily for protection against people	<0.01	<0.01	0.03	0.14	0.67
Yes, not primarily for protection against people	0.04	0.12	<0.01	0.20	0.17
No	0.96	0.88	0.98	0.65	0.16
Own high-capacity (>10) magazine
Yes	0.09	0.09	0.07	0.05	0.65
No	0.91	0.91	0.93	0.95	0.35

Bold indicates probabilities greater than or equal to 0.50.
*Categories are mutually exclusive and exhaustive. Other possible categories did not apply.
†Includes individuals who owned assault-type weapons and handguns only, and those who owned assault-type weapons, handguns and long guns other than assault-type weapons.
‡Any firearm loaded and not locked up in/around the home, no firearms stored at work or someplace else.
§No firearms loaded and not locked up, but at least one firearm loaded and locked or unloaded and unlocked in/around the home; no firearms stored at work or someplace else.
¶All firearms locked and unloaded in/around the home, no firearms stored at work or someplace else.
NH, non-Hispanic.