Firearms (2019/2020) 8.5

SAINT LUCIA NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY 2020 (SLNCVS). Basic tables.			Table 8.5
Distribution of households that reported owning at least one firearm, by reason of having a firearm in the past 12 months 1*
Geographic area & Reason of having a firearm	Total number of households that reported owning at least one firearm	Frequency 2*
		Absolute	Percentage
SAINT LUCIA	2 119
For hunting		N/A	N/A
Target shooting		N/A	N/A
As part of a collection		N/A	N/A
Crime prevention / personal protection		1568	81.9
For being a member of the armed forces, police, or other private security company		368	19.2
For custom or tradition		N/A	N/A
Because it has always been in the family / household		73	3.8
Refuse to answer		N/A	N/A
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).
2* The household may have chosen more than one option.
N/A: Not Available
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.

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