Rural-urban differences in post-9/11 women veterans' firearm ownership and characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to firearms is associated with elevated risk for suicide; however, knowledge of firearm ownership and characteristics among rural residing women Veterans remains limited. Given increasing rates of firearm suicide among women Veterans, we examined if rurality was associated with firearm ownership and firearm characteristics (type, number, reasons for ownership, perceived safety, storage) among women Veterans.

Methods

In 2020, 525 post-9/11 era women Veterans completed a survey assessing firearm ownership and characteristics. Prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated to compare differences in firearm ownership and related characteristics between rural and urban residing women Veterans, using Poisson regression with robust standar

SUBMITTER: Griffith AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12581480 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature