Table A1.
Associations of pet ownership status and agreement (agree and strongly agree) to statements about confinement of pet dogs and pet cats.
| Attitudes Towards Confinement of Dogs | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership Status | Dogs Should Be Confined inside the House at Night |
Dogs Should Be Confined inside the House Whenever Unsupervised | Dogs Should Be Confined to an Outdoor Dog Run When Unsupervised | Dogs Should Be Confined to Their Owner’s Property Whenever Unsupervised | ||||||||
| n (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) 1 |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) 2 |
n (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) 1 |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) 2 |
n (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) 1 |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) 2 |
n (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) 1 |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) 2 |
|
| Dog-only owners (reference group; n = 600) |
317 (52.8%) | 1 | 1 | 99 (16.5%) | 1 | 1 | 151 (25.2%) | 1 | 1 | 593 (98.8%) | 1 | 1 |
| Owners of cats and dogs (n = 691) |
382 (55.3%) | 1.1 (0.8,1.3) |
1.0 (0.8,1.2) |
129 (18.7%) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) |
1.0 (0.7, 1.4) |
192 (27.8%) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) |
1.1 (0.8, 1.4) |
686 (99.3%) | 0.4 (0.1–1.1) |
0.4 (0.1, 1.1) |
| Non-dog owners (n = 477) |
280 (58.7%) | 1.2 (0.9,1.6) |
1.2 (0.9,1.6) |
104 (21.8%) |
1.4
(1.0, 1.9) |
1.4
(1.0, 2.0) |
207 (43.4%) |
2.2
(1.7, 2.9) |
2.3
(1.9, 3.4) |
465 (97.5%) | 1.6 (0.5–5.1) |
1.5 (0.5, 5.0) |
| Attitudes towards Confinement of Cats | ||||||||||||
| Ownership Status | Cats should be confined inside the house at night | Cats should be confined inside the house whenever unsupervised | Cats should be confined to an outdoor cat run when unsupervised | Cats should be confined to their owner’s property whenever unsupervised | ||||||||
| n (%) |
Crude OR
(95% CI) 1 |
Adjusted OR
(95% CI) 3 |
n (%) |
Crude OR
(95% CI) 1 |
Adjusted OR
(95% CI) 3 |
n (%) |
Crude OR
(95% CI) 1 |
Adjusted OR
(95% CI) 3 |
n (%) |
Crude OR
(95% CI) 1 |
Adjusted OR
(95% CI) 3 |
|
| Cat -only owners (reference group; n = 467) |
416 (89.1%) | 1 | 1 | 243 (52.0%) | 1 | 1 | 250 (53.5%) | 1 | 1 | 327 (70.0%) | 1 | 1 |
| Owners of cats and dogs (n = 679) |
607 (89.4%) | 1.03 (0.7, 1.5) |
0.8 (0.5, 1.3) |
373 (54.9%) | 1.1 (0.8,1.4) |
0.9 (0.7, 1.3) |
382 (56.3%) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) |
0.9 (0.7, 1.2) |
489 (72.0%) | 1.1 (0.8–1.4) |
.9 (0.7, 1.3) |
| Non-cat owners (n = 576) |
547 (94.9%) |
2.3
(1.4, 3.7) |
1.4 (0.8,2.3) |
443 (75.2%) |
2.7
(2.1, 3.6) |
2.3
(1.7, 3.2) |
463 (80.4%) |
3.5
(2.7, 4.6) |
3.0
(2.1, 4.1) |
514 (89.2%) |
3.5
(2.5–4.9) |
2.9
(2.0, 1.2) |
1 Crude/Unadjusted ORs; 2 Adjusted ORs for Concerns about impact of confinement on dogs’ QoL, Concerns about wildlife predation by dogs. 3 Adjusted ORs for Concerns about impact of confinement on cats’ QoL, Concerns about wildlife predation by cats. Estimates (OR (95% CI)) in bold are statistically different from the reference group. Abbreviations: OR: Odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; QoL: Quality of Life.