Any of the Firearms Kept in or Around Your Home Belong to You Personally
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 181     59.2     (52.3-65.8) 108     40.8     (34.2-47.7)  289
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years   6     42.3     (18.8-69.9)  12     57.7     (30.1-81.2) --
25-34 Years  29     51.6     (37.2-65.8)  22     48.4     (34.2-62.8)   51
35-44 Years  48     60.1     (47.6-71.4)  33     39.9     (28.6-52.4)   81
45-54 Years  51     74.4     (60.5-84.6)  16     25.6     (15.4-39.5)   67
55-64 Years  24     52.1     (31.1-72.5)  13     47.9     (27.5-68.9) --
65+ Years  22     58.7     (39.2-75.8)  12     41.3     (24.2-60.8) --
Unknown/Refused  -  - --
GENDER      
Male 148     82.5     (73.5-88.9)  21     17.5     (11.1-26.5)  169
Female  33     19.1     (13.0-27.2)  87     80.9     (72.8-87.0)  120
ETHNICITY      
White  84     70.1     (59.9-78.6)  39     29.9     (21.4-40.1)  123
Hawaiian  21     51.1     (31.9-70.0)  14     48.9     (30.0-68.1) --
Filipino  12     46.7     (26.5-68.0)  13     53.3     (32.0-73.5) --
Japanese  31     51.6     (36.3-66.5)  24     48.4     (33.5-63.7)   55
Others  33     60.9     (44.5-75.1)  18     39.1     (24.9-55.5)   51
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 111     60.6     (52.4-68.3)  77     39.4     (31.7-47.6)  188
Unmarried  70     56.1     (43.3-68.0)  31     43.9     (32.0-56.7)  101
Unknown/Refused  -  - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  10     47.3     (20.5-75.8)   6     52.7     (24.2-79.5) --
High School  55     64.2     (51.4-75.3)  28     35.8     (24.7-48.6)   83
Some College  54     57.4     (45.1-68.8)  37     42.6     (31.2-54.9)   91
College  62     58.9     (47.0-69.8)  37     41.1     (30.2-53.0)   99
Unknown/Refused  -  - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 135     62.7     (54.8-70.0)  71     37.3     (30.0-45.2)  206
Unemployed   9     64.7     (27.5-89.8)  - --
Student/homemaker   5     24.8     ( 9.1-51.9)  15     75.2     (48.1-90.9) --
Retired/Can't Work  32     56.9     (38.8-73.4)  18     43.1     (26.6-61.2)   50
Unknown/Refused  -  - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  11     49.9     (23.8-76.0)   7     50.1     (24.0-76.2) --
$15,000-24,999  33     64.3     (45.9-79.3)  16     35.7     (20.7-54.1) --
$25,000-49,999  62     61.0     (49.0-71.8)  33     39.0     (28.2-51.0)   95
$50,000-74,999  43     64.7     (50.7-76.6)  21     35.3     (23.4-49.3)   64
>=$75,000  20     49.5     (32.5-66.7)  21     50.5     (33.3-67.5) --
Unknown/Refused  12     55.7     (30.3-78.4)  10     44.3     (21.6-69.7) --
COUNTY      
Honolulu  90     59.3     (49.5-68.5)  47     40.7     (31.5-50.5)  137
Hawaii  34     49.7     (36.1-63.2)  29     50.3     (36.8-63.9)   63
Kauai  31     71.2     (53.1-84.4)  15     28.8     (15.6-46.9) --
Maui  26     67.4     (50.6-80.7)  17     32.6     (19.3-49.4) --

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.