@article{ref1,
title="Firearm access, carriage and use in an ethnically diverse sample of young adults in Texas, USA",
journal="Injury prevention",
year="2024",
author="Lu, Yu and Baumler, Elizabeth and DeMello, Annalyn Saludares and Wood, Leila and McGuire, Hillary and Temple, Jeff R.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Background Despite the high rates of firearm ownership and firearm-related injuries and mortalities in Southern US states, understandings on the factors contributing to these are lacking.<br><br>METHODS Using wave 10 (2021) data from a longitudinal study, we examined firearm-related experiences among 636 ethnically diverse young adults (mean age=26 years; 62% female) in Texas, USA.<br><br>RESULTS Just over half of participants had ready access to firearms, with 22.3% having carried a firearm outside of their home, 4.9% having been threatened with a firearm by a romantic partner and 4.4% by a non-romantic partner. More firearm access and carriage were reported in males, white participants and those with >US$50 000 income. More females than males had been threatened with a firearm by a romantic partner, but more males than females had been threatened by a non-partner. Participants with recent financial difficulties were proportionally more likely to be threatened with a firearm than those without difficulties.<br><br>CONCLUSION Findings emphasise the alarming rate of firearm access and carriage in Texas and highlight the disparities in firearms experiences by sociodemographic characteristics.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-8047",
doi="10.1136/ip-2023-044989",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-044989"
}