Any Firearms Kept in or Around Your Home
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		                 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 291     13.9     (12.2-15.7) 1861     86.1     (84.3-87.8) 2152
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years  18     10.0     ( 5.8-16.6)  171     90.0     (83.4-94.2)  189
25-34 Years  51     12.4     ( 9.4-16.3)  360     87.6     (83.7-90.6)  411
35-44 Years  81     15.8     (12.6-19.7)  449     84.2     (80.3-87.4)  530
45-54 Years  68     19.7     (15.3-25.0)  309     80.3     (75.0-84.7)  377
55-64 Years  37     16.0     (10.6-23.3)  212     84.0     (76.7-89.4)  249
65+ Years  35      8.6     ( 5.9-12.2)  357     91.4     (87.8-94.1)  392
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
GENDER      
Male 170     17.4     (14.8-20.3)  771     82.6     (79.7-85.2)  941
Female 121     10.3     ( 8.4-12.5) 1090     89.7     (87.5-91.6) 1211
ETHNICITY      
White 125     15.4     (12.7-18.5)  654     84.6     (81.5-87.3)  779
Hawaiian  35     17.8     (12.4-24.9)  207     82.2     (75.1-87.6)  242
Filipino  25     10.7     ( 7.0-16.1)  200     89.3     (83.9-93.0)  225
Japanese  55     10.5     ( 7.8-14.0)  484     89.5     (86.0-92.2)  539
Others  51     15.5     (11.6-20.5)  316     84.5     (79.5-88.4)  367
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 189     16.1     (13.9-18.6)  980     83.9     (81.4-86.1) 1169
Unmarried 102     10.5     ( 8.4-13.2)  879     89.5     (86.8-91.6)  981
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  16     10.2     ( 5.5-18.1)  160     89.8     (81.9-94.5)  176
High School  85     13.2     (10.4-16.5)  547     86.8     (83.5-89.6)  632
Some College  91     14.6     (11.7-18.2)  549     85.4     (81.8-88.3)  640
College  99     14.8     (11.9-18.2)  602     85.2     (81.8-88.1)  701
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 207     15.7     (13.5-18.0) 1165     84.3     (82.0-86.5) 1372
Unemployed  13     10.6     ( 5.4-19.9)   95     89.4     (80.1-94.6)  108
Student/homemaker  20      8.7     ( 5.2-14.2)  191     91.3     (85.8-94.8)  211
Retired/Can't Work  51     12.0     ( 8.6-16.4)  410     88.0     (83.6-91.4)  461
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  18      8.0     ( 4.6-13.6)  302     92.0     (86.4-95.4)  320
$15,000-24,999  50     13.1     ( 9.4-18.1)  284     86.9     (81.9-90.6)  334
$25,000-49,999  95     14.6     (11.7-17.9)  581     85.4     (82.1-88.3)  676
$50,000-74,999  64     16.7     (12.9-21.3)  298     83.3     (78.7-87.1)  362
>=$75,000  41     18.2     (13.1-24.7)  210     81.8     (75.3-86.9)  251
Unknown/Refused  23     10.4     ( 6.2-16.8)  186     89.6     (83.2-93.8)  209
COUNTY      
Honolulu 137     10.6     ( 8.9-12.7) 1254     89.4     (87.3-91.1) 1391
Hawaii  63     26.4     (20.6-33.2)  191     73.6     (66.8-79.4)  254
Kauai  47     21.5     (15.8-28.6)  207     78.5     (71.4-84.2)  254
Maui  44     20.6     (15.0-27.5)  209     79.4     (72.5-85.0)  253

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.