2001 US National Responses Carrying a Weapon « Survey Intro and Options

Nationwide, 17.4% of students had carried a weapon (e.g., a gun, knife, or club) on >1 of the 30 days preceding the survey. Male students (29.3%) were significantly more likely than female students (6.2%) to have carried a weapon. This significant sex difference was identified for all the racial/ethnic and grade subpopulations. Black female students (8.6%) were significantly more likely than white female students (5.1%) to have carried a weapon, and white male students (31.3%) were significantly more likely than black male students (22.4%) to have done so. Prevalence of carrying a weapon ranged from 10.6% to 22.9% (median: 16.2%) across state surveys and from 8.3% to 21.2% (median: 13.7%) across local surveys.

Nationwide, 5.7% of students had carried a gun on >1 of the 30 days preceding the survey. Male students (10.3%) were significantly more likely than female students (1.3%) to have carried a gun. This significant sex difference was identified for all the racial/ethnic and grade subpopulations. Prevalence of carrying a gun varied threefold from 2.9% to 10.1% (median: 5%), across state surveys and varied fivefold from 1.3% to 7.1% (median: 4.8%), across local surveys.

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