Modeling recent gun purchases: A social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race

In this paper, we document the social patterning of recent gun purchases to advance a contemporary social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race. We employ cross-sectional survey data from the 2020 Health, Ethnicity and Pandemic Study, which included a national sample of 2,709 community-dwelling adu...

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Autores principales:	Terrence D. Hill, Ming Wen, Christopher G. Ellison, Guangzhen Wu, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Dejun Su
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Gun ownership Pandemic Social epidemiology Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3bbc7a7f3d644f35a2020476035a83432021-11-18T04:48:07ZModeling recent gun purchases: A social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race2211-335510.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101634https://doaj.org/article/3bbc7a7f3d644f35a2020476035a83432021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521003259https://doaj.org/toc/2211-3355In this paper, we document the social patterning of recent gun purchases to advance a contemporary social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race. We employ cross-sectional survey data from the 2020 Health, Ethnicity and Pandemic Study, which included a national sample of 2,709 community-dwelling adults living in the United States. We use binary logistic regression to model recent pandemic gun purchases as a function of age, sex, race/ethnicity, nativity status, region of residence, marital status, number of children, education, household income, pandemic job change, religious service attendance, pandemic religion change, and political party. Overall, 6% of the sample reported purchasing a new gun during the pandemic. Multivariate regression results suggest that pandemic gun purchasers tend to be male, younger, US-born, less educated, recently unemployed, experiencing changes in their religious beliefs, Republicans, and residents of southern states. To our knowledge, we are among the first to formally document a new population of pandemic gun owners that is characterized by youth, US-nativity, and religious volatility. Our analyses underscore the need for public health initiatives designed to enhance gun-related safety during pandemics, including, for example, addressing underlying motivations for recent gun purchases and improving access to training programs.Terrence D. HillMing WenChristopher G. EllisonGuangzhen WuBenjamin Dowd-ArrowDejun SuElsevierarticleGun ownershipPandemicSocial epidemiologyMedicineRENPreventive Medicine Reports, Vol 24, Iss , Pp 101634- (2021)
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spellingShingle	Gun ownership Pandemic Social epidemiology Medicine R Terrence D. Hill Ming Wen Christopher G. Ellison Guangzhen Wu Benjamin Dowd-Arrow Dejun Su Modeling recent gun purchases: A social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race
description	In this paper, we document the social patterning of recent gun purchases to advance a contemporary social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race. We employ cross-sectional survey data from the 2020 Health, Ethnicity and Pandemic Study, which included a national sample of 2,709 community-dwelling adults living in the United States. We use binary logistic regression to model recent pandemic gun purchases as a function of age, sex, race/ethnicity, nativity status, region of residence, marital status, number of children, education, household income, pandemic job change, religious service attendance, pandemic religion change, and political party. Overall, 6% of the sample reported purchasing a new gun during the pandemic. Multivariate regression results suggest that pandemic gun purchasers tend to be male, younger, US-born, less educated, recently unemployed, experiencing changes in their religious beliefs, Republicans, and residents of southern states. To our knowledge, we are among the first to formally document a new population of pandemic gun owners that is characterized by youth, US-nativity, and religious volatility. Our analyses underscore the need for public health initiatives designed to enhance gun-related safety during pandemics, including, for example, addressing underlying motivations for recent gun purchases and improving access to training programs.
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title	Modeling recent gun purchases: A social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race
title_short	Modeling recent gun purchases: A social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race
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title_fullStr	Modeling recent gun purchases: A social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race
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Modeling recent gun purchases: A social epidemiology of the pandemic arms race

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