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Median rating of each role of the dog within the three identified clusters of dog owners.
| Role of the dog (median rating) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleague | Assistance dog, guard dog | Domesticated animal | Friend | Family member | Child | More important than any human | ||
| Dog owner clusters | Cluster 1 (Dog parents), N = 391 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Cluster 2 (Regard dogs as companion animals), N = 153 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cluster 3 (Assign dogs a dual status), N = 246 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
