Recreational Gun Use by California Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Vittes, Katherine A.; Sorenson, Susan B.
Titel	Recreational Gun Use by California Adolescents
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 32 (2005) 6, S.751-766 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198105276966
Schlagwörter	Weapons; Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Recreational Activities; Leisure Time; Individual Characteristics; Gender Differences; Violence; Accident Prevention; Injuries; Incidence; Correlation; Racial Differences; Age Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Place of Residence; Rural Urban Differences; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weapon; Waffe; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Freizeitgestaltung; Freizeit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Gewalt; Accident statistics; Unfall; Statistik; Unfallstatistik; Vorkommen; Korrelation; Rassenunterschied; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Wohnort; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Most research on adolescents and firearms focuses on urban populations, handguns, and homicide. This study examines the prevalence and correlates of recreational gun use (RGU)--for hunting or target shooting--among 5,801 community-residing 12- to 17-year-old Californians. Data are from the first statewide California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), and person, design, and population weights were applied to the data. About one fifth (22.4%) of California adolescents report that they have gone hunting or target shooting. Nearly two thirds (62.8%) have hunted with a family member, typically (67.3%) their father. Recreational gun use among adolescents appears to be linked to a few basic demographic characteristics; most notably, male adolescents had an adjusted odds ratio of RGU nearly five times that of female adolescents. Some of the variables associated with RGU are consistent with those for violent gun use; differences, however, suggest that separate approaches to preventing firearm-related injury may be warranted. (Contains 3 tables, 2 figures and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10