Table 4. Owner responses when asked ‘Have you ever taken your pet to a Specialist?’ considered by species (dog or cat), and country (all N = 2117; Austria n = 800; Denmark n = 626; UK n = 691).
| All N = 2117 |
Austria n = 800 |
Denmark n = 626 |
UK n = 691 |
Test* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | n = 1245* (%)** | n = 409* (%)** | n = 385* (%)** | n = 451* (%)** | |
| Yes | 221 (18.3) | 108 (26.2) | 35 (8.9) | 78 (19.3) | χ2(2) = 41.413, p<0.001 AT vs DK: p<0.001 AT vs UK: p<0.001 DK vs UK: p<0.001 |
| No | 991 (79.1) | 288 (70.9) | 338 (88.1) | 365 (78.9) | |
| I don’t know | 33 (2.6) | 13 (3.0) | 12 (3.1) | 8 (1.8) | |
| Cats | n = 1273 (%) | n = 575 (%) | n = 318 (%) | n = 380 (%) | |
| Yes | 130 (10.3) | 69 (11.7) | 17 (5.6) | 44 (12.0) | χ2(2) = 11.832, p = 0.003 AT vs DK: p<0.001 AT vs UK: p = 0.783 DK vs UK: p = 0.009 |
| No | 1107 (86.8) | 483 (84.6) | 298 (93.5) | 326 (84.6) | |
| I don’t know | 36 (2.9) | 23 (3.7) | 3 (1.0) | 10 (3.4) |
*Number of respondents (N,n) and analyses with inferential statistics were calculated with unweighted data
**Proportions were calculated with weighted data; rounding errors lead to some differences between rounded-off numerical values and actual values