General Social Survey, 2006

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ROWNGUN

Do any of these guns personally belong to you?
  1) Yes
  2) No
  3) Refused
  8) Don't know

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Yes 450 64.7% 64.7% -.65
No 214 30.8% 95.5% .96
Refused 30 4.3% 99.9% 2.56
Don't know 1 .1% 100% 10.59

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

18-29 years old 30-44 years old 45-59 years old 60-74 years old 75 years and older TOTAL
Yes 51.4%
36
60.9%
112
66.1%
154
67.9%
106
82.0%
41
64.8%
449
No 47.1%
33
35.3%
65
28.3%
66
26.9%
42
16.0%
8
30.9%
214
Refused 1.4%
1
3.8%
7
5.6%
13
5.1%
8
0.0%
0
4.2%
29
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.0%
1
0.1%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
70
100.0%
184
100.0%
233
100.0%
156
100.0%
50

693


Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

Less than once a year About once or twice a year Several times a year 1-3 times a month Nearly every week Weekly or more TOTAL
Yes 65.4%
123
72.0%
77
65.7%
44
72.4%
71
52.9%
18
59.1%
117
65.0%
450
No 28.7%
54
25.2%
27
26.9%
18
24.5%
24
41.2%
14
38.9%
77
30.9%
214
Refused 5.9%
11
2.8%
3
6.0%
4
3.1%
3
5.9%
2
2.0%
4
3.9%
27
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.5%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.1%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
188
100.0%
107
100.0%
67
100.0%
98
100.0%
34
100.0%
198

692


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than high school High school Associate/Junior college Bachelor's Graduate TOTAL
Yes 74.3%
55
63.2%
251
53.8%
35
67.8%
78
70.5%
31
64.7%
450
No 20.3%
15
32.0%
127
41.5%
27
30.4%
35
22.7%
10
30.8%
214
Refused 5.4%
4
4.5%
18
4.6%
3
1.7%
2
6.8%
3
4.3%
30
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.1%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
74
100.0%
397
100.0%
65
100.0%
115
100.0%
44

695


Gender (I-GENDER)

Male Female TOTAL
Yes 90.4%
312
39.4%
138
64.7%
450
No 5.5%
19
55.7%
195
30.8%
214
Refused 3.8%
13
4.9%
17
4.3%
30
Don't know 0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.1%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
345
100.0%
350

695


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Jewish None Other TOTAL
Yes 66.3%
289
60.5%
89
0.0%
0
69.0%
60
55.0%
11
65.0%
449
No 30.5%
133
37.4%
55
100.0%
1
21.8%
19
30.0%
6
31.0%
214
Refused 3.0%
13
2.0%
3
0.0%
0
9.2%
8
15.0%
3
3.9%
27
Don't know 0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.1%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
436
100.0%
147
100.0%
1
100.0%
87
100.0%
20

691


Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Yes 58.0%
40
59.8%
113
70.0%
194
64.4%
103
64.7%
450
No 34.8%
24
37.6%
71
24.9%
69
31.3%
50
30.8%
214
Refused 5.8%
4
2.6%
5
5.1%
14
4.4%
7
4.3%
30
Don't know 1.4%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.1%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
69
100.0%
189
100.0%
277
100.0%
160

695


Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
Yes 63.8%
381
77.2%
44
61.0%
25
64.7%
450
No 32.3%
193
14.0%
8
31.7%
13
30.8%
214
Refused 3.9%
23
7.0%
4
7.3%
3
4.3%
30
Don't know 0.0%
0
1.8%
1
0.0%
0
0.1%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
597
100.0%
57
100.0%
41

695