Table 2.
Univariable analysis of household demographic factors associated with daily dog walking
| Variable | <1/day | 1+/day | OR | 95 % CI | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Number of dogs | Single | 30 (17.4) | 142 (82.6) | 1 | ||
| Multiple | 31 (29.8) | 73 (70.2) | 0.50 | 0.28-0.88 | 0.02 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Own a horse | No | 57 (21.4) | 209 (78.6) | 1 | ||
| Yes | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | 0.41 | 0.11-1.50 | 0.18 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | ||||
| House type | Detached | 35 (20.1) | 139 (79.9) | 1 | ||
| Attached | 26 (25.5) | 76 (74.5) | 0.74 | 0.41-1.31 | 0.30 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Number of people in household | 1-2 | 15 (11.2) | 119 (88.8) | 1 | ||
| 3 or more | 46 (32.6) | 95 (67.4) | 0.26 | 0.14-0.49 | <0.001 | |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Presence of adult males | No | 2 (4.9) | 39 (95.1) | 1 | ||
| Yes | 59 (25.7) | 171 (74.4) | 0.15 | 0.03-0.63 | 0.01 | |
| Missing | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Presence of adult females | No | 1 (9.1) | 10 (90.9) | 1 | ||
| Yes | 60 (23.1) | 200 (76.9) | 0.33 | 0.04-2.66 | 0.30 | |
| Missing | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Household age category (see [30]) | 1 Over 60s | 10 (17.5) | 47 (82.5) | 1 | 0.02 | |
| 2 Families | 17 (30.4) | 39 (69.6) | 0.49 | 0.20-1.19 | 0.11 | |
| 3 Families | 21 (32.3) | 44 (67.7) | 0.45 | 0.19-1.05 | 0.07 | |
| 4 Singles/couples adult | 4 (7.55) | 49 (92.5) | 2.61 | 0.76-8.89 | 0.13 | |
| 5 Young families | 4 (26.7) | 11 (73.3) | 0.59 | 0.15-2.22 | 0.43 | |
| 6 Older families | 5 (17.2) | 24 (82.8) | 1.02 | 0.31-3.33 | 0.97 | |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Household occupation category (see [30]) | 1 Sales | 7 (53.9) | 6 (46.1) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| 2 Skilled trade | 9 (30.0) | 21 (70.0) | 2.72 | 0.71-10.41 | 0.14 | |
| 3 Administrative and secretarial | 9 (25.0) | 7 (75.0) | 3.50 | 0.93-13.18 | 0.06 | |
| 4 Retired | 5 (9.1) | 50 (90.9) | 11.67 | 2.80-48.57 | 0.001 | |
| 5 Personal service | 3 (10.3) | 26 (89.7) | 10.11 | 2.01-50.98 | 0.001 | |
| 6 Associate professional | 11 (30.7) | 25 (69.4) | 2.65 | 0.72-9.74 | 0.14 | |
| 7 Process/plant and machines and elementary | 10 (29.4) | 24 (70.6) | 2.80 | 0.75-10.45 | 0.13 | |
| 8 Professional | 3 (13.6) | 19 (86.4) | 7.39 | 1.44-37.88 | 0.02 | |
| 9 Managers and senior officials | 4 (20.0) | 16 (80.0) | 4.67 | 0.99-21.89 | 0.05 | |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Presence of person unemployed/retired/looking after family | No | 37 (22.6) | 127 (77.4) | 1 | ||
| Yes | 24 (21.4) | 88 (78.6) | 1.07 | 0.60-1.91 | 0.82 |
Where cells had zero cases, statistics are not presented, and where cells have only one case, presented statistics should not be considered reliable