National Study of Private Ownership of Firearms in the United States, 1994

This data collection consists of a survey of private ownership of firearms by adults in the United States. Respondents who both did and did not own firearms were included. The variables cover topics such as the number and type of guns owned privately, methods of, and reasons for, firearms acquisition, the storage and carrying of guns, the defensive use of firearms against criminal attackers, and reasons for and against firearm ownership. Basic demographic variables include sex, age, education, and employment.

本数据集由对美国成年人私有枪支拥有情况的调查组成。调查对象包括既拥有也未曾拥有枪支的受访者。变量涵盖了诸如私有枪支的数量和类型、枪支获取的方法和原因、枪支的存放与携带方式、使用枪支对抗犯罪攻击者的自卫情况，以及支持与反对枪支拥有的理由等主题。基本的人口统计学变量包括性别、年龄、教育程度和就业状况。