Table 6. Motivational factors for owners’ choice of dog breed–per dog type.
| Cairn terrier (N = 290–297) | Cavalier King Charles spaniel (N = 214–218) | Chihuahua (N = 136–141) | French bulldog (N = 182) | Results of Chi2 Wald tests, p-value (chi2, df; N)* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| avg. | s.d. | avg. | s.d. | avg. | s.d. | avg. | s.d. | ||
| Distinctive appearance of the dog | 3.76 | (1.27) | 4.16 | (1.39) | 3.84 | (1.62) | 4.02 | (1.46) | < 0.01 (12.35; 3; 787) |
| Breed attributes | 4.10 | (.82) | 4.00 | (.81) | 3.41 | (1.19) | 3.88 | (0.84) | < 0.001 (52.82; 3; 793) |
| Convenience | 2.49 | (1.13) | 2.59 | (1.09) | 2.62 | (1.29) | 2.39 | (1.06) | 0.331 (3.43; 3; 793) |
| The dogs' personality | 4.19 | (0.99) | 4.44 | (0.98) | 3.89 | (1.36) | 4.37 | (1.02) | < 0.001 (19.62; 3; 808) |
* Wald chi2 tests from GLMs (using normally distributed identity link) as to whether there is significant difference between owners of the four dog breeds. Control variables included in the GLMs were gender and age of the respondent, age of the dog, education, household type, type of living residence, and population density.