Table 2.
Pet and respondent demographic variables analyzed by whether they lost or their pets or not a.
| Question | Dog owners who lost dogs (n = 110) | Percentage and 95% confidence interval | Dog owners who did not lose dogs (n = 705) | Percentage and 95% confidence interval | Cat owners who lost cats (n = 74) | Percentage and 95% confidence interval | Cat owners who did not lose cats (n = 429) | Percentage and 95% confidence interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Demographics | ||||||||
| Sex | 0.5 b | 0.7 | ||||||
| Male | 59 | 54 (44–63) | 354 | 50 (47–54) | 33 | 46 (34–58) | 206 | 48 (43–53) |
| Female | 51 | 46 (39–56) | 349 | 50 (46–53) | 39 | 54 (42–66) | 221 | 52 (47–56) |
| Don’t know | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Refused | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Neuter status | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Yes | 91 | 83 (74–89) | 555 | 80 (76–83) | 65 | 90 (81–96) | 369 | 88 (84–91) |
| No | 19 | 17 (11–26) | 142 | 20 (17–24) | 7 | 10 (4–19) | 52 | 12 (9–16) |
| Don’t know | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Refused | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Owner Demographics | ||||||||
| Education Level | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||||||
| High school graduate or less | 30 | 28 (20–37) | 202 | 32 (29–36) | 21 | 29 (19–41) | 117 | 30 (26–35) |
| Some college or trade/tech/vocational | 27 | 25 (17–34) | 140 | 22 (19–26) | 21 | 29 (19–41) | 59 | 15 (12–19) |
| College graduate | 36 | 33 (25–43) | 191 | 30 (27–34) | 18 | 25 (16–37) | 115 | 30 (25–35) |
| Any graduate work | 15 | 14 (8–22) | 94 | 15 (12–18) | 12 | 17 (9–27) | 63 | 16 (13–20) |
| Don’t know | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Refused | 2 | 72 | 2 | 43 | ||||
| Income | 0.3 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Less than $30,000 | 35 | 41 (30–52) | 141 | 29 (25–34) | 19 | 31 (20–44) | 105 | 36 (31–42) |
| $30,000 to $49,999 | 15 | 17 (10–27) | 122 | 25 (22–30) | 16 | 26 (16–39) | 71 | 24 (20–30) |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 22 | 26 (17–36) | 144 | 30 (26–34) | 19 | 31 (20–44) | 71 | 24 (20–30) |
| $100,000 and over | 14 | 16 (9–26) | 72 | 15 (12–19) | 7 | 11 (5–22) | 43 | 15 (11–19) |
| Don’t know | 4 | 42 | 5 | 26 | ||||
| Refused | 20 | 184 | 8 | 113 | ||||
| Gender | 0.12 | 0.17 | ||||||
| Men | 47 | 43 (33–52) | 247 | 35 (32–39) | 19 | 26 (16–37) | 144 | 34 (29–38) |
| Women | 63 | 57 (47–67) | 458 | 65 (61–68) | 55 | 74 (63–84) | 285 | 66 (62–71) |
a From interviews with 1,015 dog and cat owners in the past five years.
b Univariable logistic regression P-values are opposite the variable names.