Table 6. Association analysis using Fisher’s exact test between human demographics data (gender and age) and selected variables from a survey of dog-owners conducted in the Northern Peninsula Area (NAP), Australia in 2015.

A liberal significance level of 0.1 was used to determine significant associations.

	Human Gender					Human Age
	M	F	Total	OR	P- Value	Young	Old	Total	OR	P-value
Dog roaming
Yes	17	1	18			5	13	18
No	8	5	13			4	9	13
Total	25	6	31	9.8	0.0592	9	22	31	0.87	1
Human mediated movement
Yes	16	0	16			3	9	12
No	9	6	15			6	13	19
Total	25	6	31	N/A3	0.0072	9	22	31	0.73	1
Movement restriction
Yes	21	6	27			9	18	27
No	4	0	4			0	4	4
Total	25	6	31	0	0.56	9	22	31	N/A	0.3
Disease restriction
Yes	23	6	29			9	20	29
No	2	0	2			0	2	2
Total	25	6	31	0	1	9	22	31	N/A	1
Veterinary visit
Yes	17	6	24			7	16	24
No	7	0	7			2	5	7
Total	24	6	301	0	0.29	9	21	301	1.09	1
Needle in life
Yes	16	5	21			5	16	21
No	8	1	9			4	5	9
Total	24	6	301	0.41	0.64	9	21	301	0.4	0.39
Picture A
Yes	21	6	27			9	18	27
No	4	0	4			0	4	4
Total	25	6	31	0	0.56	9	22	31	N/A	0.3
Picture B
Yes	24	6	30			9	21	30
No	1	0	1			0	1	1
Total	25	6	31	0	1	9	22	31	N/A	1
Picture E
Yes	1	0	30			0	1	1
No	24	6	1			9	21	30
Total	25	6	31	N/A	1	9	22	31	0	1
Sick in last 12 months
Yes	9	3	12			6	6	12
No	16	3	19			3	16	19
Total	25	6	31	0.57	0.65	9	22	31	5.01	0.062
How long until report
Within a week	19	3	22			5	17	22
More than a week	2	2	4			2	2	4
Total	21	5	261	5.72	0.15	7	19	261	3.11	0.29
Bitten by dog
Yes	2	0	2			0	2	2
No	23	6	29			9	20	29
Total	25	6	31	N/A	1	9	22	31	0	1
Dog bitten by dog
Yes	17	2	19			5	14	19
No	8	4	12			4	8	12
Total	25	6	31	4.04	0.17	9	22	31	0.72	0.7
Number of dogs above median (2)
Yes	11	2	19			4	9	13
No	14	4	22			5	12	17
Total	25	6	31	1.54	1	9	22	31	1.06	1

¹ Some respondents replied with “I’m not sure” which was excluded, leading to the variation in totals.

² Indicates association was considered significant

³ N/A = odds ratio was calculated as infinity