Table 4.
Associations between demographic variables and agreement (agree/strongly agree) to statements about cat confinement as well as composite measure “supportive attitudes towards cat confinement” among cat owners (n = 1289).
| Individual Statements a | Composite Measure b | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confined Inside the House at Night |
Confined Inside the House Whenever Unsupervised |
Confined to an Outdoor Cat Run Whenever Unsupervised |
Confined to Owner’s Property Whenever Unsupervised |
Supportive Attitudes Towards Cat Confinement |
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| n (%) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | n (%) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | n (%) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | n (%) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | Mean (SD) | Adjusted b (95% CI) | |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Female (ref) | 987 (90%) | 1 | 600 (54%) | 1 | 619 (56%) | 1 | 794 (72%) | 1 | 0.65 (0.27) | 0 |
| Male | 84 (88%) | 0.7 (0.4, 1.4) | 49 (52%) | 0.9 (0.5, 1.4) | 48 (51%) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.2) | 63 (66%) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.2) | 0.59 (0.29) | −0.05 (−0.11, 0.01) |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 29 years and below (ref) | 261 (86%) | 1 | 157 (52%) | 1 | 169 (56%) | 1 | 212 (70%) | 1 | 0.62 (0.28) | 0 |
| 30–49 years | 500 (91%) | 1.7 (1.1, 2.7) | 314 (57%) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) | 311 (56%) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) | 396 (72%) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) | 0.65 (0.27) | 0.03 (−0.01, 0.06) |
| 50 years and above | 310 (91%) | 1.8 (1.0, 2.9) | 178 (52%) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) | 187 (54%) | 0.9 (0.7, 1.3) | 249 (73%) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) | 0.65 (0.28) | 0.03 (−0.01, 0.01) |
| Property type | ||||||||||
| Residence with garden/ backyard (ref) | 792 (90%) | 1 | 461 (52%) | 1 | 468 (53%) | 1 | 610 (69%) | 1 | 0.63 (0.28) | 0 |
| Residence without garden/backyard | 76 (97%) | 5.1 (1.2, 21.3) | 55 (71%) | 2.5 (1.5, 4.2) | 52 (67%) | 2.0 (1.2, 3.4) | 62 (79%) | 1.9 (1.1, 3.5) | .071 (0.25) | 0.12 (0.05, 0.18) |
| Acreage, farm, semi-industrial/rural | 155 (83%) | 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) | 100 (54%) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) | 112 (60%) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) | 144 (77%) | 1.3 (0.9, 1.9) | 0.68 (0.28) | 0.02 (−0.02, 0.06) |
| Pet ownership | ||||||||||
| Only cat (ref) | 416 (89%) | 1 | 243 (52%) | 1 | 250 (53%) | 1 | 327 (70%) | 1 | 0.61 (0.29) | 0 |
| Both dog and cat | 607 (89%) | 1.3 (0.9, 1.9) | 373 (55%) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) | 382 (56%) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) | 489 (72%) | 1.0 (0.8, 1.4) | 0.66 (0.27) | 0.04 (0.01, 0.08) |
| How many cat[s] owned | ||||||||||
| 1 (ref) | 456 (90%) | 1 | 261 (52%) | 1 | 249 (49%) | 1 | 348 (68%) | 1 | 0.62 (0.27) | 0 |
| 2 | 332 (88%) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) | 198 (53%) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) | 207 (55%) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) | 267 (71%) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) | 0.63 (0.28) | 0.02 (−0.02, 0.05) |
| 3+ | 235 (90%) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.6) | 157 (60%) | 1.5 (1.0, 1.9) | 176 (67%) | 2.1 (1.6, 2.9) | 201 (77%) | 1.5 (1.0, 2.1) | 0.69 (0.28) | 0.05 (0.01, 0.10) |
| Unowned/feral cat in neighborhood | ||||||||||
| No (ref) | 640 (89%) | 1 | 739 (53%) | 1 | 378 (53%) | 1 | 495 (69%) | 1 | 0.66 (0.26) | 0 |
| Yes | 431 (90%) | 1.2 (0.8, 1.8) | 270 (56%) | 1.1 (0.9, 1.5) | 289 (60%) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) | 362 (76%) | 1.4 (1.0, 1.8) | 0.74 (0.26) | 0.06 (0.02, 0.09) |
a To predict agreement to each statement (disagree = 0; agree = 1), a series of multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed and odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) in parentheses reported; b For the composite measure (range 0–1), a multivariable regression analysis was performed and unstandardized estimates (b) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) in parentheses reported; variables in each model were controlled for each other; odds ratios in bold are statistically significant.