Firearms (2019/2020) 8.2

SAINT LUCIA NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY 2020 (SLNCVS). Basic tables.							Table 8.2
Households by geographic area, by the condition of reporting the owning of at least one firearm in the past 12 months 1*
Geographic Area	Total number of households	Condition of reporting the owning of at least one firearm
		Yes		No		Refuse to answer
		Absolut	Percentage	Absolut	Percentage	Absolut	Percentage

SAINT LUCIA	68 817	2 119	3.1	64 465	93.8	1 185	1.7
NORTH (CASTRIES AND GROS ISLET)	38 033	1 115	2.9	35 736	94.1	539	1.4
SOUTH (REMAINING DISTRICTS)	30 784	1 004	3.3	28 729	93.5	645	2.1
1* Refers to the past twelve months prior to the day of the interview between September and December 2019 (in contrast with the rest of the survey that refers to September 2018 to August 2019).
Note 1: The estimates that appear in this tabulation are shadowed according to their level of precision in High, Moderate and Low, taking the Coefficient of Variation CV (%) as a reference. If the values are closer to 0 it indicates the estimate is more precise and vice versa. Moderate and Low precision requires a cautious use of the estimates in which the causes of high variability are analyzed and other indicators of precision and reliability are considered, such as the confidence interval. See table below for level of precision of the estimates:
High: Indicates a CV (%) on a range of (0, 25)
Moderate: Indicates a CV (%) on a range of (25, 50)
Low: Indicates a CV (%) on a range of (50+)
Source: SLNCVS. Saint Lucia National Crime Victimization Survey, 2020.