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Characteristic All Respondents (n = 951) Non-Gun Owners (n = 727) Gun Owners (n = 224) P Respondent's relation to child [n (%)] .112 Mother 727 (77) 565 (78) 162 (72) Father 171 (18) 120 (17) 51 (23) Other 48 (5) 37 (5) 11 (5) Respondent's education [n (%)] .005 ≤High school 225 (28) 186 (31) 39 (20) >High school 577 (72) 422 (69) 155 (80) Single-parent household [n (% yes)] 204 (22) 190 (26) 14 (6) <.001 Child's gender [n (% male)] 500 (53) 387 (54) 113 (51) .445 Respondent's age (mean ± SD) 35 ± 9 (n = 813) 34 ± 9 (n = 620) 37 ± 7 (n = 193) <.001 Child's age (mean ± SD) 7.3 ± 5.3 (n = 926) 7.2 ± 5.4 (n = 706) 7.8 ± 4.9 (n = 220) .120 Number of children in the home (mean ± SD) 2.2 ± 1.1 (n = 936) 2.2 ± 1.1 (n = 712) 2.2 ± 1.2 (n = 224) .652 Percentages in the table are the percentages of nonmissing responses for each variable. P values for categorical variables are from χ2 tests; P values for continuous variables are from two-sample t tests.
- Table 2.
Comparison of Responses to Gun Safety Questions Between Non-Gun Owners and Gun Owners
Question All Respondents, n (%) Non-Gun Owners, n (%) Gun Owners, n (%) P Are there guns in the homes where your child visits? <.001 No 474 (51) 399 (56) 75 (34) Yes 215 (23) 153 (22) 62 (28) Don't know 243 (26) 157 (22) 86 (38) Do you know a child hurt by a gun? [n (% yes)] 107 (11) 84 (12) 23 (10) .534 Has child been taught gun safety? [n (% yes)] 491 (52) 347 (48) 144 (66) <.001 If yes, was child taught by parent? 435 (89) 308 (89) 127 (88) .857 If yes, was child taught by formal course? 48 (10) 30 (9) 18 (13) .190 Has your child's doctor ever talked to you about guns? [n (% yes)] 74 (8) 51 (7) 23 (10) .110 Percentages in the table are the percentages of non-missing responses for each question. P values are from χ2 tests.
- Table 3.
Comparison of Responses to Gun Safety Counselling by Physicians Between Non-Gun Owners and Gun Owners
Question All Respondents, n (% yes) Non-Gun Owners, n (% yes) Gun Owners, n (% yes) P Should doctors ask parents about the presence of guns in the home? 623 (69) 496 (72) 127 (59) <.001 Should doctors advise parents on the safest ways to store guns in the home? 676 (75) 529 (77) 147 (69) .012 Should doctors advise parents to remove guns from the home? 299 (34) 274 (42) 25 (12) <.001 Percentages in the table are the percentages of nonmissing responses for each question. P values are from χ2 tests.
- Table 4.
Respondent Characteristics and Attitudes About Physician Gun Counselling Among the Practices Surveyed
Practice (sample size) Age, mean ± SD (n) Gun Owners, n (%) ≤High School Education, n (%) Single-Parent Household, n (%) n (%) responding yes to: Should doctors ask about guns in home Should doctors advise about safe storage Should doctors advise parents to remove guns 1 (500) 36 ± 7 (472) 142 (28) 72 (15) 54 (11) 294 (61) 312 (65) 114 (24) 2 (148) 30 ± 10 (108) 14 (10) 57 (58) 71 (49) 106 (77) 120 (90) 66 (51) 3 (61) 31 ± 13 (46) 6 (10) 32 (71) 26 (43) 44 (82) 46 (87) 24 (56) 4 (30) 32 ± 9 (19) 11 (37) 4 (22) 4 (14) 20 (77) 20 (80) 8 (33) 5 (66) 36 ± 8 (56) 19 (29) 17 (34) 13 (20) 52 (80) 56 (86) 22 (36) 6 (30) 33 ± 9 (20) 2 (7) 5 (33) 16 (53) 15 (56) 23 (85) 11 (42) 7 (57) 30 ± 8 (46) 12 (21) 25 (57) 13 (23) 45 (83) 49 (91) 28 (57) 8 (30) 42 ± 7 (24) 10 (33) 6 (25) 1 (3) 23 (79) 23 (79) 13 (46) 9 (29) 28 ± 8 (22) 8 (28) 7 (32) 6 (21) 24 (86) 27 (96) 13 (50) P <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 Values for categorical variables are the number and percent of nonmissing responses.
- Table 5.
Estimates for Multilevel Logistic Regression for Attitudes on Gun Safety Counselling as a Function of Individual-Level Variables and Practice
Model Parameter Should doctors ask about guns in the home? (n = 750) Should doctors advise about safe storage? (n = 750) Should doctors advise parents to remove guns? (n = 729) Level-one fixed effects Non-gun owner (reference is gun owner) 1.59 (1.10, 2.31)* 1.19 (0.80, 1.78) 4.90 (3.00, 8.06)† Age (1-year increase) 0.98 (0.96, 1.00) 0.96 (0.94, 0.98)† 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) ≤High school education (reference is >high school) 0.65 (0.44, 0.97)* 0.40 (0.26, 0.63)† 1.11 (0.75, 1.64) Single adult in home (reference is ≥2 adults) 1.04 (0.65, 1.67) 1.36 (0.78, 2.35) 1.08 (0.70, 1.66) Random effects Practice-level variance (SD) 0.378 (0.615)† 0.529 (0.727)† 0.287 (0.536)† ICC 0.103 0.139 0.080 Values are presented as odds ratio (95% confidence interval).
* P < .05;
† P < .001.
ICC, intracluster correlation coefficient.
