Characteristic (% total sample) | Owners, n=429 % (95% CI) | Non-owners | |
Lives with owners, n=242 % (95% CI) | No owners in the home, n=1797 % (95% CI) | ||
Total* | 14.4 (12.5 to 16.4) | 10.5 (8.7 to 12.6) | 71.0 (68.2 to 73.7) |
Age | |||
18–29 (18.2%) | 6.5 (3.0 to 13.4) | 31.6 (22.1 to 43.0) | 17.9 (14.7 to 21.7) |
30–44 (27.5%) | 17.5 (12.5 to 24.0) | 22.0 (15.3 to 30.6) | 30.2 (26.7 to 33.9) |
45–59 (27.0%) | 33.2 (26.4 to 40.7) | 23.0 (16.3 to 31.5) | 26.5 (23.5 to 29.8) |
≥60 (27.4%) | 42.9 (36.3 to 49.8) | 23.4 (17.6 to 30.3) | 25.4 (22.7 to 28.1) |
Sex | |||
Male (47.8%) | 72.9 (66.8 to 78.3) | 27.0 (18.0 to 38.4) | 45.4 (41.6 to 49.2) |
Female (52.2%) | 27.1 (21.7 to 33.2) | 73.0 (61.6 to 82.0) | 54.6 (50.8 to 58.4) |
Race/ethnicity | |||
Non-Latinx white (42.8%) | 64.1 (56.3 to 71.2) | 55.0 (45.1 to 64.6) | 36.8 (33.6 to 40.1) |
Latinx (33.3%) | 20.4 (14.6 to 27.8) | 24.7 (16.8 to 34.7) | 37.0 (33.2 to 41.0) |
Non-Latinx black (5.5%) | 4.4 (2.0 to 9.3) | 6.4 (3.0 to 13.3) | 5.6 (4.2 to 7.6) |
Other (16.0%) | 9.1 (5.1 to 15.7) | 8.5 (4.2 to 16.6) | 18.5 (15.6 to 21.9) |
Multiracial (2.4%) | 2.1 (0.9 to 4.9) | 5.4 (2.1 to 13.3) | 2.0 (1.3 to 3.1) |
RUCA category† | |||
Urban (91.5%) | 83.6 (78.4 to 87.7) | 87.5 (79.6 to 92.6) | 93.5 (91.4 to 95.1) |
Sub-Urban (6.5%) | 11.1 (7.6 to 15.9) | 8.6 (4.8 to 15.0) | 5.5 (4.0 to 7.5) |
Large Rural Town (1.2%) | 2.8 (1.5 to 5.3) | 3.0 (0.7 to 12.0) | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.3) |
Small Town/Isolated Rural (0.8%) | 2.6 (1.5 to 4.7) | 0.9 (0.3 to 3.0) | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.7) |
Education | |||
Less than high school (9.2%) | 2.7 (0.8 to 8.5) | 2.5 (1.0 to 6.2) | 11.4 (8.8 to 14.7) |
High school (25.1%) | 23.0 (16.8 to 30.6) | 33.5 (23.9 to 44.7) | 23.6 (20.2 to 27.3) |
Some college (32.5%) | 42.2 (35.4 to 49.4) | 38.8 (30.0 to 48.3) | 29.8 (26.6 to 33.3) |
Bachelor's degree (18.4%) | 18.7 (14.2 to 24.4) | 15.0 (10.6 to 20.9) | 19.2 (16.7 to 21.8) |
Advanced degree (14.7%) | 13.4 (9.9 to 17.8) | 10.2 (6.7 to 15.2) | 16.0 (13.8 to 18.6) |
Income | |||
Less than $25 000 (13.0%) | 5.3 (3.2 to 8.6) | 12.0 (6.3 to 21.7) | 14.3 (12.0 to 16.9) |
$25 000–$59 000 (24.6%) | 21.9 (16.9 to 27.9) | 18.1 (12.6 to 25.3) | 25.8 (22.5 to 29.3) |
$60 000–$99 000 (22.7%) | 19.8 (15.6 to 24.8) | 25.2 (17.2 to 35.2) | 22.6 (19.6 to 25.8) |
More than $100 000 (39.6%) | 53.0 (46.0 to 60.0) | 44.7 (35.4 to 54.4) | 37.4 (33.8 to 41.1) |
Marital status | |||
Married or living with partner (61.4%) | 71.2 (64.1 to 77.4) | 63.1 (52.6 to 72.5) | 59.5 (55.7 to 63.2) |
Widowed (3.8%) | 3.8 (2.4 to 5.9) | 2.0 (0.8 to 4.9) | 4.2 (3.2 to 5.5) |
Divorced or separated (9.7%) | 13.0 (9.0 to 18.6) | 6.6 (3.0 to 13.9) | 9.4 (7.7 to 11.4) |
Never married (25.2%) | 12.0 (7.5 to 18.5) | 28.3 (19.4 to 39.2) | 26.9 (23.5 to 30.7) |
Children under 18 in home | |||
Yes (29.3%) | 18.3 (13.1 to 24.9) | 33.0 (24.3 to 42.9) | 31.6 (28.1 to 35.3) |
No (70.7%) | 81.8 (75.2 to 86.9) | 67.0 (57.1 to 75.7) | 68.4 (64.7 to 71.9) |
Political affiliation | |||
Republican (19.0%) | 38.2 (31.6 to 45.4) | 23.9 (16.8 to 32.9) | 14.3 (12.2 to 16.8) |
Democrat (39.5%) | 28.4 (22.2 to 35.6) | 36.0 (27.6 to 45.3) | 43.8 (40.1 to 47.5) |
No preference (34.2%) | 27.5 (21.5 to 34.4) | 32.0 (23.2 to 42.2) | 35.5 (31.9 to 39.3) |
Other (6.1%) | 5.6 (3.5 to 8.9) | 8.0 (3.7 to 16.4) | 5.7 (4.3 to 7.5) |
Grew up in a household with a firearm | |||
Yes (33.4%) | 70.9 (64.2 to 76.7) | 46.6 (37.1 to 56.3) | 24.9 (22.0 to 28.0) |
No (59.4%) | 25.8 (20.2 to 32.4) | 44.9 (35.6 to 54.6) | 69.9 (66.5 to 73.1) |
Don't know (6.0%) | 3.2 (1.7 to 5.7) | 8.4 (4.0 to 16.8) | 4.4 (3.0 to 6.4) |
Member or generally supportive of NRA or other firearm rights organisation | |||
Yes (19.2%) | 49.7 (42.5 to 56.8) | 26.5 (18.9 to 35.8) | 11.4 (9.3 to 14.0) |
No (75.7%) | 49.6 (42.5 to 56.8) | 66.8 (56.9 to 75.4) | 83.6 (80.6 to 86.3) |
Military veteran | |||
Yes (8.8%) | 29.2 (23.4 to 35.8) | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.9) | 5.8 (4.6 to 7.4) |
No (91.2%) | 70.8 (64.2 to 76.6) | 99.5 (98.1 to 99.9) | 94.2 (92.6 to 95.4) |
Carries a firearm for work | |||
Yes (1.8%) | 6.1 (3.4 to 10.7) | 3.2 (0.7 to 13.9) | 0.8 (0.3 to 2.0) |
No (97.5%) | 93.6 (89.1 to 96.4) | 96.9 (86.1 to 99.4) | 99.1 (98.0 to 99.6) |
Has a CCW permit | |||
Yes (3.0%) | 15.2 (10.7 to 21.0) | 2.5 (0.4 to 15.3) | 0.7 (0.2 to 1.9) |
No (95.7%) | 83.7 (77.8 to 88.3) | 96.8 (86.7 to 99.3) | 98.8 (97.6 to 99.4) |
*Row does not sum to 100% because some respondents reported not knowing whether there were firearms in their home or refused to answer this question.
†Rurality of residential census tract was determined using a four-tier consolidation of Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes (RUCAs) according to the Washington State ‘Guidelines for Using Rural-Urban Classification Systems for Public Health Assessment’, available at: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.10.1.359.4369&rep=rep1&type=pdf .
CCW, carrying a concealed weapon; NRA, National Rifle Association.