Abstract：
:While survey-based data on firearm ownership are essential for epidemiologic studies of the relation between gun ownership and injuries, the validity of respondent answers to questions about gun ownership has not been confirmed. In order to assess the accuracy of interview data about firearms, in June to August 1987, the authors attempted to contact residents of 75 homes in the cities of Memphis, Tennessee and Seattle, Washington listed as the address of the owner of a recently registered handgun. Despite problems with inaccurate registration data, contact was ultimately made with 55 households, 35 of which consented to a general interview that included a series of questions about gun ownership. Respondents in 31 of these 35 households (88.6%) readily acknowledged that one or more guns were kept in their home. Respondents in three of the remaining four households (8.6%) stated that guns were recently kept in their homes but were no longer kept there. Only one respondent (2.9%) denied categorically that guns of any kind were kept in her home. The authors conclude that, at least among registered gun owners, respondent answers to questions about gun ownership are generally valid and that survey data of this type can be utilized with confidence.
journal_name
Am J Epidemioljournal_title
American journal of epidemiologyauthors
Kellermann AL,Rivara FP,Banton J,Reay D,Fligner CLdoi
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115600subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-06-01 00:00:00pages
1080-4issue
6eissn
0002-9262issn
1476-6256journal_volume
131pub_type
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