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Table 5 Descriptive, bivariate, and logistic regression analyses of attitudes with respect to the statement, “A firearm safety course should be required to get a hunting license” among respondents of the Iowa FFA firearm survey

From: Rural youth’s exposure to firearm violence and their attitudes regarding firearm safety measures

A firearm safety course should be required to get a hunting license

Strongly Agree

861 (62%)

  

Agree

375 (27%)

  

Neutral

105 (8%)

  

Disagree

31 (2%)

  

Strongly Disagree

10 (1%)

  
 

Cross Tab Analysis

Logistic Regression Analysisa

Variables

Agree n (Row %)b

Neutral/Disagree n (Row %)b

p value

OR

CI

Group N

1236 (89%)

146 (11%)

   

Sex

  

< 0.001

  

 Male

604 (87%)

93 (13%)

 

0.50

0.34–0.73

 Female

629 (93%)

51 (8%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Age

  

0.30

  

 16–18 years

802 (89%)

101 (11%)

 

0.92

0.63–1.35

 13–15 years

434 (91%)

45 (9%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Residence

  

0.73

  

 Farm

646 (89%)

81 (11%)

 

0.88

0.58–1.35

 Country/Not Farm

225 (90%)

25 (10%)

 

1.03

0.59–1.78

 Town

361 (90%)

39 (10%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Race

  

0.81

  

 Caucasian

1181 (89%)

139 (11%)

 

1.0(ref)

 

 Non-Caucasian

54 (89%)

7 (11%)

 

0.99

0.41–2.39

Rifle/Shotgun in Home

  

0.12

  

 Yes

1030 (88%)

128 (12%)

 

0.83

0.44–1.55

 No

206 (92%)

17 (8%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Handgun in Home

  

0.046

  

 Yes

706 (97%)

96 (3%)

 

0.72

0.48–1.08

 No

530 (91%)

50 (9%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Hunted

  

0.55

  

 Yes

674 (89%)

83 (11%)

 

1.27

0.85–1.90

 No

551 (90%)

61 (10%)

 

1.0 (ref)

 

Fired Rifle/Shotgun

  

0.043

 Not used in the analysis

  > 20 times

705 (88%)

98 (12%)

  

 6–20 times

153 (94%)

10 (6%)

  

 1–5 times

187 (90%)

20 (10%)

  

 Never

189 (93%)

15 (7%)

  

Fired a Handgun

  

0.61

 Not used in the analysis

  > 20 times

366 (88%)

49 (12%)

  

 6–20 times

160 (91%)

15 (9%)

  

 1–5 times

231 (90%)

25 (10%)

  

 Never

469 (90%)

51 (10%)

  
  1. a The total number of cases used in the logistic regression model was 1358
  2. b The sum of n for a variable may not equal the total Group N due to missing values