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The gender gap in reporting household gun ownership

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  • Ludwig, J.
  • Cook, P.J.
  • Smith, T.W.

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Objectives. This study examined errors in estimating household gun ownership that result from interviewing only 1 adult per household. Methods. Data from 2 recent telephone surveys and a series of in-person surveys were used to compare reports of household gun ownership by husbands and wives. Results. In the telephone surveys, the rate of household gun ownership reported by husbands exceeded wives' reports by an average of 12 percentage points; husbands' reports also implied 43.3 million more guns. The median 'gender gap' in recent in-person surveys is 7 percentage points. Conclusions. Future research should focus on respondents' reports about personally owned guns.

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  • Ludwig, J. & Cook, P.J. & Smith, T.W., 1998. "The gender gap in reporting household gun ownership," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 88(11), pages 1715-1718.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1998:88:11:1715-1718_2
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    1. Philip J. Cook & Jens Ludwig, 2014. "Elusive Facts About Gun Violence: Where Good Surveys Go Bad," SADO - Working Papers 166, Small Arms Data Observatory.
    2. Moore, Mark & Cook, Phil & Braga, Anthony, 2001. "Gun Control," Working Paper Series rwp01-033, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    3. Philip J. Cook & Jens Ludwig, 2019. "The social costs of gun ownership: a reply to Hayo, Neumeier, and Westphal," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 56(1), pages 13-22, January.
    4. Philip J. Cook & Jens Ludwig, 2006. "Aiming for evidence-based gun policy," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(3), pages 691-735.

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