Are Any of the Firearms Handguns
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 171     63.8     (57.1-70.0) 108     36.2     (30.0-42.9)  279
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years   9     60.5     (32.4-83.1)   7     39.5     (16.9-67.6) --
25-34 Years  34     69.4     (54.2-81.4)  15     30.6     (18.6-45.8) --
35-44 Years  50     67.2     (55.0-77.4)  28     32.8     (22.6-45.0)   78
45-54 Years  39     64.1     (50.0-76.1)  25     35.9     (23.9-50.0)   64
55-64 Years  21     64.4     (43.2-81.2)  16     35.6     (18.8-56.8) --
65+ Years  17     46.2     (28.4-65.1)  17     53.8     (34.9-71.6) --
Unknown/Refused  -  - --
GENDER      
Male 107     68.0     (59.7-75.4)  59     32.0     (24.6-40.3)  166
Female  64     56.3     (45.3-66.7)  49     43.7     (33.3-54.7)  113
ETHNICITY      
White  81     68.1     (57.9-76.8)  40     31.9     (23.2-42.1)  121
Hawaiian  18     63.3     (44.5-78.7)  17     36.7     (21.3-55.5) --
Filipino  21     85.5     (64.2-95.1)  - --
Japanese  25     50.9     (35.1-66.4)  26     49.1     (33.6-64.9)   51
Others  26     58.3     (42.2-72.8)  21     41.7     (27.2-57.8) --
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 108     63.9     (55.7-71.3)  72     36.1     (28.7-44.3)  180
Unmarried  63     63.6     (51.5-74.2)  36     36.4     (25.8-48.5)   99
Unknown/Refused  -  - --
EDUCATION      
<High School   9     67.3     (36.4-88.1)   6     32.7     (11.9-63.6) --
High School  44     59.0     (46.7-70.2)  36     41.0     (29.8-53.3)   80
Some College  53     61.7     (49.4-72.7)  36     38.3     (27.3-50.6)   89
College  65     69.6     (57.8-79.3)  30     30.4     (20.7-42.2)   95
Unknown/Refused  -  - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 127     66.6     (58.9-73.5)  70     33.4     (26.5-41.1)  197
Unemployed   7     53.5     (22.0-82.5)   6     46.5     (17.5-78.0) --
Student/homemaker   8     41.8     (20.0-67.4)  12     58.2     (32.6-80.0) --
Retired/Can't Work  29     64.2     (47.3-78.2)  20     35.8     (21.8-52.7) --
Unknown/Refused  -  - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000   9     61.7     (34.7-83.0)   9     38.3     (17.0-65.3) --
$15,000-24,999  28     66.7     (50.0-80.0)  18     33.3     (20.0-50.0) --
$25,000-49,999  60     64.4     (52.8-74.5)  33     35.6     (25.5-47.2)   93
$50,000-74,999  43     69.6     (56.1-80.5)  20     30.4     (19.5-43.9)   63
>=$75,000  22     57.6     (39.1-74.3)  16     42.4     (25.7-60.9) --
Unknown/Refused   9     54.7     (28.9-78.3)  12     45.3     (21.7-71.1) --
COUNTY      
Honolulu 101     75.8     (66.6-83.1)  32     24.2     (16.9-33.4)  133
Hawaii  27     41.4     (28.8-55.2)  32     58.6     (44.8-71.2)   59
Kauai  23     48.1     (31.5-65.1)  22     51.9     (34.9-68.5) --
Maui  20     55.3     (37.5-71.8)  22     44.7     (28.2-62.5) --

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.