Table 5. Owners’ (n = 332) views on loading practices related to mounted load carrying by working donkeys in Pakistan.

Variables	Categories	Number	Percentage	95% confidence interval (CI) lower–95% CI upper (%)
Appropriateness of current mounted weight	Yes	151	45.5	40.1–50.8
	No	69	20.8	16.4–25.2
	I don’t know	112	33.7	28.6–38.8
Reason for overloading	For more income	183	55.1	49.7–60.5
	To finish work earlier	147	44.3	38.9–49.6
	Both for more income and to finish work earlier	2	0.6	0.0–1.4
Body condition	No change in body condition	221	66.6	61.5–71.7
	Body condition increased	49	14.8	10.9–18.6
	Body condition decreased	62	18.6	14.4–22.9
Emotion	Yes	233	70.2	65.2–75.1
	No	62	18.7	14.4–22.9
	I don’t know	37	11.1	7.7–14.5
Pain	Yes	270	81.3	77.1–85.5
	No	45	13.6	9.8–17.2
	I don’t know	17	5.1	2.7–7.5
Guidelines	Yes	190	57.2	51.9–62.6
	No	8	2.4	0.7–4.1
	I don’t know	134	40.4	35.1–45.7