title: A preliminary investigation of inner city adolescents' perceptions of guns.
abstract: Three hundred seventy-seven African-American and 201 white adolescents, primarily of low socioeconomic status, were surveyed on perceptions of guns. Chi-square analyses found significant differences by gender and ethnicity. African-American males were more likely to have a pistol at home (47%); both African-American males and females were more likely to have known someone who took a gun to school (57% and 47%) and to have personally known someone who had been shot (87% and 91%). Differences between African-American and white adolescents and between males and females regarding gun control, gun safety, and consequences of gun use are described.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Health Promotion, University of Toledo, OH 43606.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Desmond
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population; D044465:White People