Parent and Adolescent Reports of Adolescent Access to Household Firearms in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adolescent access to firearms increases their risk of firearm injury.

Objective

To examine adolescent firearm access in homes with guns, how storage may modify access, and discordance between parent and adolescent report of access.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study used data on parents and their adolescent children from a nationally representative online survey of adults in gun-owning households, conducted from June 30 to August 11, 2019. Individuals who owned firearms and parents of adolescents were oversampled. All parents living with a child aged 13 to 17 years were invited to have their child participate in a separate survey. Respondents with more than 1 adolescent living with them were asked to choose the child with the most recent bi

SUBMITTER: Salhi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7944379 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature