Main Reason That There are Firearms in or Around Your Home
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Hunting/Sport
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Protection   
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Work         
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Other reason 
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 159     58.1     (51.4-64.5) 62     20.8     (15.9-26.7) 25      9.3     ( 6.2-13.8) 41     11.8     ( 8.1-16.8)  287
AGE GROUP          
18-24 Years  10     62.0     (35.3-83.0)  5     27.4     (10.1-55.9) - - --
25-34 Years  28     56.1     (41.5-69.8)  8     13.1     ( 6.3-25.2)  8     16.4     ( 8.1-30.4)  7     14.4     ( 6.8-28.0)   51
35-44 Years  48     58.9     (46.5-70.2) 17     22.5     (13.9-34.1)  6      8.6     ( 3.6-19.2) 10     10.1     ( 4.9-19.8)   81
45-54 Years  35     57.1     (42.9-70.2) 16     23.7     (13.5-38.1)  7     11.9     ( 5.5-23.9)  7      7.4     ( 3.1-16.4)   65
55-64 Years  21     58.0     (36.5-76.8)  8     18.8     ( 8.1-38.0) -  7     19.6     ( 7.0-44.1) --
65+ Years  17     60.7     (42.1-76.7)  8     21.4     (10.2-39.7) -  9     17.8     ( 8.4-34.1) --
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --
GENDER          
Male  95     59.8     (51.1-67.9) 35     20.6     (14.5-28.5) 15      8.8     ( 5.1-14.7) 24     10.8     ( 6.8-16.7)  169
Female  64     55.1     (44.4-65.4) 27     21.1     (13.9-30.7) 10     10.2     ( 5.5-18.4) 17     13.5     ( 7.2-23.9)  118
ETHNICITY          
White  55     48.4     (38.4-58.4) 36     30.6     (22.2-40.4)  9      8.2     ( 4.2-15.5) 22     12.9     ( 8.0-20.0)  122
Hawaiian  26     72.1     (51.7-86.2) - - - --
Filipino  12     40.9     (22.6-62.1)  6     28.4     (11.8-54.1)  6     26.4     (11.8-49.1) - --
Japanese  37     71.3     (55.5-83.2)  7     12.8     ( 5.5-27.1) -  9     15.6     ( 7.2-30.6)   54
Others  29     58.8     (43.1-72.8) 11     19.9     (10.2-35.2)  6     12.1     ( 5.3-25.2)  5      9.3     ( 3.6-22.0)   51
MARITAL STATUS          
Married 110     59.3     (51.2-67.0) 34     18.3     (12.9-25.3) 19     10.8     ( 6.8-16.7) 23     11.5     ( 7.1-18.1)  186
Unmarried  49     55.3     (43.2-66.8) 28     26.4     (17.2-38.3)  6      5.9     ( 2.4-14.0) 18     12.4     ( 7.0-20.9)  101
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --
EDUCATION          
<High School   8     59.9     (30.8-83.4) - - - --
High School  53     66.5     (54.5-76.7) 15     16.5     ( 9.5-27.0)  7      9.2     ( 4.3-18.7)  8      7.9     ( 3.7-16.0)   83
Some College  51     55.6     (43.4-67.2) 20     23.0     (14.2-35.1)  8      9.5     ( 4.5-18.8) 12     11.8     ( 5.6-23.3)   91
College  47     52.7     (41.2-63.9) 23     22.5     (14.5-33.2)  8      8.0     ( 3.8-16.2) 19     16.8     (10.0-26.8)   97
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --
EMPLOYMENT          
Employed 112     57.8     (50.0-65.2) 42     19.1     (13.8-25.9) 24     12.4     ( 8.2-18.3) 26     10.7     ( 6.9-16.3)  204
Unemployed   8     58.7     (24.9-85.9) - - - --
Student/homemaker  12     59.0     (33.4-80.6)  5     30.0     (12.0-57.5) - - --
Retired/Can't Work  27     58.7     (41.3-74.2) 12     19.8     (10.1-35.1) - 10     18.6     ( 8.3-36.8)   50
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME          
<$15,000  13     77.1     (48.5-92.4) - - - --
$15,000-24,999  24     58.5     (41.6-73.5) 15     27.7     (16.0-43.6) -  7      8.5     ( 3.3-19.9) --
$25,000-49,999  48     52.5     (41.2-63.6) 22     22.2     (14.4-32.6) 12     13.1     ( 7.2-22.6) 13     12.2     ( 6.1-23.0)   95
$50,000-74,999  40     60.8     (46.6-73.4) 10     17.4     ( 8.6-32.3) -  9     14.6     ( 7.5-26.6)   63
>=$75,000  18     42.7     (26.4-60.7)  8     23.8     (11.3-43.6)  5     13.9     ( 5.7-30.4)  9     19.6     ( 8.9-37.6) --
Unknown/Refused  16     85.2     (66.0-94.4) - - - --
COUNTY          
Honolulu  62     47.7     (38.4-57.3) 38     27.4     (19.8-36.6) 14      9.9     ( 5.8-16.5) 22     14.9     ( 9.4-23.0)  136
Hawaii  42     71.0     (57.6-81.5) 13     15.8     ( 9.0-26.5) - -   62
Kauai  25     62.4     (45.7-76.6)  6      9.3     ( 3.9-20.7) - 12     20.7     (11.0-35.6) --
Maui  30     77.4     (62.3-87.7)  5      7.8     ( 2.9-19.5) - - --

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.