Five-class model: characteristics of firearm owners by most-likely latent class membership, 2018 California Safety and Well-Being Survey
| Class 1* | Class 2† | Class 3‡ | Class 4§ | Class 5¶ | Total | |
| Total, unweighted n (weighted %) | 136 (31.0) | 107 (25.6) | 95 (20.8) | 63 (14.4) | 28 (8.2) | 429 (100) |
| Gender, unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||||
| Male | 99 (32.8) | 75 (26.1) | 53 (15.2) | 49 (15.1) | 25 (10.9) | 301 (100) |
| Female | 37 (26.3) | 32 (24.1) | 42 (36.1) | 14 (12.5) | 3 (1.0) | 128 (100) |
| Race/ethnicity, unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||||
| NH white | 108 (32.8) | 75 (23.3) | 64 (20.1) | 51 (16.3) | 20 (7.6) | 318 (100) |
| NH black | 3 (14.9) | 3 (45.6) | 9 (36.2) | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (100) |
| NH other or 2+ races | 11 (33.4) | 4 (21.5) | 5 (17.8) | 2 (8.8) | 2 (18.6) | 24 (100) |
| Hispanic | 14 (27.7) | 25 (30.7) | 17 (21.5) | 9 (13.9) | 6 (6.2) | 71 (100) |
| Age (years), unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||||
| 18–29 | 1 (10.1) | 3 (52.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (37.3) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (100) |
| 30–44 | 6 (12.8) | 19 (42.6) | 17 (33.8) | 1 (2.2) | 2 (8.7) | 45 (100) |
| 45–59 | 39 (36.9) | 16 (16.5) | 24 (20.3) | 15 (18.1) | 5 (8.2) | 99 (100) |
| 60+ | 90 (37.1) | 69 (21.5) | 54 (19.1) | 44 (13.0) | 21 (9.2) | 278 (100) |
Firearm owners were grouped into the class in which they had the highest probability of belonging.
*Class 1 was defined by owning 5+ firearms, handguns and long guns other than assault-type weapons, not owning any firearm primarily for protection against people and storing all firearms in the most secure manner.
†Class 2 was defined by owning one long gun, not primarily for protection against people.
‡Class 3 was defined by owning a single handgun, stored moderately secure, primarily for protection against people.
§Class 4 was defined by owning two to four firearms, handguns and long guns other than assault-type weapons, owning a firearm primarily for protection against people and storing at least one firearm in the least secure manner.
¶Class 5 was defined by owning 5+ firearms, including assault-type weapons, owning a firearm primarily for protection against people, storing at least one firearm in the least secure manner, carrying a loaded handgun in the past 30 days for protection against people and owning high-capacity magazines.