Table 2. Pet owner socio-demographic information including age, age groups, gender, living status, work in the veterinary field, presence of pet health insurance and information on income listed for all countries (N = 2117) and separately for Austria (n = 800), Denmark (n = 626) and the UK (n = 691).
| All (N = 2117) |
Austria (n = 800) |
Denmark (n = 626) |
UK (n = 691) |
Test* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||||
| Mean ± Std** | 46.26±16.36 | 45.90±16.14 | 47.86±16.25 | 45.26±16.62 | |
| Median [IQR]** | 47.0 [32;59] | 47.0 [32;59] | 48 [35;59] | 45 [30;58] | |
| Age Groups (years) | N* (%)** | n* (%)** | n* (%)** | n* (%)** | |
| 18–30 | 518 (21.9) | 227 (22.4) | 111 (17.4) | 180 (25.3) | H(2) = 25.670, p<0.001 AT vs DK: p = 0.009 AT vs UK: p = 0.120 DK vs UK: p<0.001 |
| 31–40 | 354 (17.0) | 143 (16.6) | 94 (15.8) | 117 (18.4) | |
| 41–50 | 405 (18.4) | 142 (16.6) | 145 (22.3) | 118 (16.9) | |
| 61–60 | 412 (20.7) | 160 (22.5) | 128 (20.9) | 124 (18.5) | |
| >60 | 427 (22.0) | 128 (21.9) | 147 (23.6) | 152 (20.8) | |
| Prefer not to say | 1 (<0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 853 (46.0) | 314 (45.7) | 247 (44.3) | 292 (47.7) | χ2(2) = 1.690, p = 0.430 |
| Female | 1256 (53.6) | 482 (53.8) | 378 (55.5) | 396 (51.8) | |
| Neither of these | 8 (0.4) | 4 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.4) | |
| Do you live alone? | |||||
| Yes | 444 (21.3) | 175 (23.1) | 136 (21.2) | 133 (19.4) | χ2(2) = 1.848, p = 0.397 |
| No | 1673 (78.7) | 625 (76.9) | 490 (78.8) | 558 (80.6) | |
| Do you work in the veterinary field? | |||||
| Yes | 138 (6.8) | 57 (6.8) | 11 (1.8) | 70 (11.2) | |
| No | 1979 (93.2) | 743 (93.2) | 615 (98.2) | 621 (88.8) | |
| Do you have pet health insurance? | |||||
| Yes | 876 (41.7) | 171 (21.3) | 350 (56.3) | 355 (51.5) | χ2(2) = 214.933, p<0.001 AT vs DK: p<0.001 AT vs UK:p<0.001 DK vs UK: p = 0.078 |
| No/not anymore | 1241 (58.3) | 629 (78.7) | 276 (43.7) | 336 (48.5) | |
| Respondent Income | |||||
| Low+ | 220 (26.6) | 138 (21.3) | 187 (26.3) | H(2) = 15.410, p<0.001 AT vs. DK: p<0.001 AT vs UK: p = 0.112 DK vs UK: p = 0.297 |
|
| Middle++ | 247 (31.1) | 175 (28.3) | 224 (32.0) | ||
| High+++ | 197 (25.3) | 219 (35.4) | 210 (32.0) | ||
| Don’t know/ prefer not to say | 136 (17.0) | 94 (14.9) | 70 (9.7) | ||
*Number of respondents (N,n) and analyses with inferential statistics were calculated with unweighted data
**Proportions, mean±std and median [IQR] were calculated with weighted data; rounding errors lead to some differences between rounded-off numerical values and actual values
Low+ Austria (Euro) < 13450–26899; Denmark (DK) < 100.000–300.000; UK £<11,200–22,399
Middle++ Austria (Euro) 26900–53799; Denmark (DK) 300.001–600.000; UK £22,400–44,799
High+++ Austria (Euro) 53800–134500; Denmark (DK) 600.001–1.000.001; UK £44,800–112,000