Table 2.

Change in socio-demographic characteristics for non-owners at baseline by dog ownership status at one year follow-up

Characteristic	% New dog owners % (n = 92)	Continuing non-owners (n = 681)	p value
Marital status
No change	91.2	96.0	0.028
Couple to single	1.1	1.5
Single to couple	7.7	2.5
Education status
No change	93.2	93.3	0.960
Increase	6.8	6.7
Work status
No change	92.3	93.0	0.730
Now in workforce	3.3	4.0
No longer in workforce	4.4	3.0
Number of hours worked
No change	63.9	69.0	0.398
Increase	13.3	14.1
Decrease	22.9	16.9
Time to travel work
No change	53.9	64.5	0.148
Increase	27.0	20.1
Decrease	19.1	15.4
Occupation status
No change	72.4	76.6	0.328
Increase	11.5	12.7
Decrease	16.1	10.7
Household income
No change	56.8	62.6	0.227
Increase	34.6	25.8
Decrease	8.6	11.6
Children living at home <18 years
No change	94.2	93.1	0.644
Children now living at home	2.3	4.2
Children no longer living at home	3.5	2.7
Type of residence
No change	81.5	80.2	0.771
Moved to separate house	18.5	19.8