Table 3.

Demographic variables for households with lost pets analyzed by whether or not pets were recovered ^a.

Question	Dog owners who found their lost dogs (n = 101)	Percentage and 95% confidence interval	Dog owners who did not find their lost dogs (n = 8)	Percentage and 95% confidence interval	Cat owners who found their lost cats (n = 55)	Percentage and 95% confidence interval	Cat owners who did find their lost cats (n = 18)	Percentage and 95% confidence interval
Pet Demographics
Sex				1.0 b				0.6
Male	55	54 (44–63)	4	50 (47–54)	27	49 (35–63)	6	38 (15–65)
Female	46	46 (39–56)	4	50 (46–53)	28	51 (39–65)	10	62 (35–85)
Don’t know	0		0		0		2
Refused	0		0		0		0
Neuter status				0.03				0.007
Yes	86	85 (77–91)	4	50 (10–56)	52	96 (87–100)	12	71 (44–90)
No	15	15 (9–23)	4	50 (10–56)	2	4 (0.4–13)	5	29 (10–56)
Don’t know	0		0		1		1
Refused	0		0		0		0
Owner Demographics
Education Level				0.03				0.03
High school graduate or less	24	24 (16–34)	6	75 (35–97)	12	23 (13–37)	9	50 (26–74)
Some college or trade/tech/vocational	26	26 (18–36)	1	13 (3–53)	15	29 (17–43)	6	33 (13–59)
College graduate	34	35 (25–45)	1	13 (3–53)	15	29 (17–43)	3	17 (4–41)
Any graduate work	15	14 (9–24)	0	0 (0–37)	12	23 (13–37)	0	0 (0–19)
Don’t know	1		0		2		0
Refused	2		0		1		0
Income				0.15				0.001
Less than $30,000	28	35 (25–47)	7	100 (59–100)	8	18 (8–32)	11	69 (41–89)
$30,000 to $49,999	15	19 (11–29)	0	0 (0–41)	12	27 (15–42)	4	25 (7–52)
$50,000 to $99,999	22	28 (18–39)	0	0 (0–41)	18	40 (26–56)	1	6 (0.2–30)
$100,000 and over	14	18 (10–28)	0	0 (0–41)	7	16 (6–29)	0	0 (0–21)
Don’t know	3		1		4		1
Refused	19		0		6		1
Sex				0.7				0.7
Men	43	43 (33–52)	4	35 (32–39)	15	26 (16–37)	4	34 (29-38)
Women	58	57 (47–67)	4	65 (61–68)	40	74 (63–84)	14	66 (62-71)

^a Data include cat (73) and dog (109) owners in the past five years whose dogs or cats were lost.

^b Fisher exact test P-values are opposite the variable names.