Any Firearm in or Around Your Home That Is Now Loaded and Unlocked
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 29      9.8     ( 6.5-14.7) 256     90.2     (85.3-93.5)  285
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years -  17     95.5     (73.5-99.4) --
25-34 Years  9     17.6     ( 9.0-31.5)  42     82.4     (68.5-91.0)   51
35-44 Years -  76     96.6     (89.4-98.9)   80
45-54 Years  8      9.0     ( 3.8-19.7)  58     91.0     (80.3-96.2)   66
55-64 Years  6     17.1     ( 6.5-38.0)  31     82.9     (62.0-93.5) --
65+ Years -  31     91.5     (59.4-98.8) --
Unknown/Refused -  - --
GENDER      
Male 25     14.1     ( 9.1-21.2) 144     85.9     (78.8-90.9)  169
Female - 112     97.9     (93.6-99.4)  116
ETHNICITY      
White 13     11.2     ( 6.0-20.0) 110     88.8     (80.0-94.0)  123
Hawaiian -  32     98.4     (93.5-99.6) --
Filipino -  21     87.3     (65.0-96.2) --
Japanese  5      7.9     ( 2.5-22.4)  48     92.1     (77.6-97.5)   53
Others  6     14.3     ( 6.3-29.2)  45     85.7     (70.8-93.7)   51
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 14      8.4     ( 4.8-14.5) 172     91.6     (85.5-95.2)  186
Unmarried 15     13.1     ( 7.1-23.2)  84     86.9     (76.8-92.9)   99
Unknown/Refused -  - --
EDUCATION      
<High School -  14     95.8     (82.6-99.1) --
High School  5      3.7     ( 1.3- 9.7)  77     96.3     (90.3-98.7)   82
Some College 11     15.9     ( 8.6-27.5)  78     84.1     (72.5-91.4)   89
College 11     10.2     ( 5.1-19.3)  87     89.8     (80.7-94.9)   98
Unknown/Refused -  - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 24     10.5     ( 6.6-16.2) 180     89.5     (83.8-93.4)  204
Unemployed -  13 --
Student/homemaker -  20 --
Retired/Can't Work  5     13.7     ( 5.1-31.8)  43     86.3     (68.2-94.9) --
Unknown/Refused -  - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000 -  18 --
$15,000-24,999 -  46     97.4     (89.4-99.4) --
$25,000-49,999 17     16.2     ( 9.7-25.7)  78     83.8     (74.3-90.3)   95
$50,000-74,999 -  60     93.1     (80.8-97.7)   64
>=$75,000 -  34     83.9     (62.1-94.4) --
Unknown/Refused -  20     98.3     (92.7-99.6) --
COUNTY      
Honolulu 13     10.8     ( 6.1-18.2) 122     89.2     (81.8-93.9)  135
Hawaii  5      6.5     ( 2.6-15.4)  58     93.5     (84.6-97.4)   63
Kauai  5      4.7     ( 1.8-11.6)  41     95.3     (88.4-98.2) --
Maui  6     14.1     ( 5.3-32.5)  35     85.9     (67.5-94.7) --

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.