Table 2.

Distribution of cases where animal abuse investigators of the Animal Welfare Division of Pinhais were suspicious of socioeconomic vulnerability, classified by type of socioeconomic vulnerability and reason for suspicion

	Total cases with suspicion of socioeconomic vulnerability		Reasons for suspecting socioeconomic vulnerability
			Report*		Visualisation of the environment/family context*
Type of socioeconomic vulnerability	N	%	N	%	N	%
Economic disadvantage	33	75	32	73	22	50
Violence	13	30	9	20	9	20
Substance abuse	4	9	3	7	2	4
Fragility of family bonds	11	25	11	25	0	0
Total	44	100	41	93	28	64

^*One family could have more than one type of socioeconomic vulnerability, resulting in a cumulative percentage higher than 100%.

The frequencies of the types of socioeconomic vulnerability were obtained in a total of 44 cases.