Table 1. Characteristics of Pet Owners and Non-Owners.

	Pet Owners (n = 101) (n or M [SD])	Non-Owners (n = 70) (n or M [SD])	Total Sample (overall N = 177) (n or M [SD])
Gender
Male	51	31	85
Female	50	39	92
Average age (SD)	47.3 (14.1)	52.8 (14.1)	49.1 (14.7)
Average adjusted household income (SD)	$18,223 ($12,251)	$21,592 ($13,333)	$20,554 ($13,383)
Self-reported social class
Lower class	12	12	24
Working class	38	23	61
Middle class	35	28	63
Upper middle class	12	7	19
Upper class	1	0	1
Diagnosis (N)**
Schizophrenia or   schizoaffective   disorder	35	39	75
Bipolar disorder or  affective psychosis	66	31	102
Average number of non- inclusion psychiatric comorbidities	.73 (1.07)	.71 (1.05)	.73 (1.06)
Average number of addiction comorbidities*	.38 (.61)	.21 (.41)	.31 (.54)
Lifetime hospitalizations, controlling for age (SE) *	2.47 (1.44)	2.97 (1.50)	2.66 (1.47)
Living situation***
live with others	86	45	131
live alone	15	25	40
Colorado Symptoms Inventory Score	17.43 (10.63)	15.71 (10.77)	16.63 (10.70)
Wisconsin Quality of Life Inventory/Social support quality, past 4 weeks (SD)	2.5 (.69)	2.53 (.63)	2.52 (.66)

Note: Not all data add to N = 177 due to missing data.

p < .05

^**p <.01

^***p = .001