Table 4 Descriptive, bivariate, and logistic regression analyses of attitudes with respect to the statement, “The right to use firearms for hunting and shooting sports should be kept legal,” among respondents of the Iowa FFA firearm survey

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Variables

Agree n (Row %)^b

Neutral/Disagree n (Row %)^b

p value

OR

CI

Group N

1305 (94%)

77 (6%)

Sex

< 0.001

 Male

678 (97%)

19 (3%)

2.33

1.32–4.12

 Female

623 (92%)

57 (8%)

1.0 (ref)

Age

0.041

 16–18 years

861 (95%)

42 (5%)

1.39

0.85–2.25

 13–15 years

444 (93%)

35 (7%)

1.0 (ref)

Residence

0.34

 Farm

690 (95%)

37 (5%)

0.89

0.51–1.57

 Country/Not Farm

238 (95%)

12 (5%)

1.26

0.59–2.67

 Town

372 (93%)

28 (7%)

1.0 (ref)

Race

0.009

 Caucasian

1251 (95%)

69 (5%)

1.0 (ref)

 Non-Caucasian

53 (87%)

8 (13%)

0.45

0.19–1.10

Rifle/Shotgun in Home

< 0.001

 Yes

1111 (96%)

48 (4%)

1.88

1.01–3.52

 No

194 (87%)

29 (13%)

1.0 (ref)

Handgun in Home

0.001

 Yes

768 (96%)

34 (4%)

0.99

0.56–1.74

 No

537 (93%)

43 (7%)

1.0 (ref)

Hunted

< 0.001

 Yes

741 (98%)

16 (2%)

3.18

1.72–5.89

 No

552 (90%)

60 (10%)

1.0 (ref)

Fired Rifle/Shotgun

< 0.001

  > 20 times

782 (97%)

21 (3%)

 6–20 times

158 (97%)

5 (3%)

 1–5 times

191 (92%)

16 (8%)

 Never

171 (84%)

33 (16%)

Fired a Handgun

< 0.001

  > 20 times

408 (98%)

7 (2%)

 6–20 times

171 (98%)

4 (2%)

 1–5 times

242 (95%)

14 (5%)

 Never

474 (91%)

46 (9%)