Table 3.

Distribution of baseline covariates among those who do own a dog vs. do not own a dog

	Own a dog Mean (SD) or % n=2,306	Do not own a dog Mean (SD) or % n=6,220	ASB	p-value
Age	38.9 (8.05)	36.51 (8.34)	0.29	<0.001
Male	37.3 %	37.8 %	0.01	0.660
Race				<0.001
Latino	12.7 %	36.6 %	0.72	<0.001
Pacific Islander	0.3 %	0.3 %	0.01	–
American Indian or Alaska Native	1.5 %	1.4 %	0.01	–
Asian	3.2 %	11.8 %	0.49	–
African American	3.2 %	6.7 %	0.20	–
White	76.6 %	40.8 %	0.85	–
Other	2.5 %	2.4 %	0.01	–
Household size	4.21 (1.26)	4.28 (1.38)	0.05	0.025
Married	78.9 %	72.3 %	0.15	<0.001
On TANF	2.9 %	5.6 %	0.13	<0.001
Household annual income	11.03 (1.03)	10.52 (1.39)	0.38	<0.001
Works full time	64 %	61.6 %	0.05	0.042
Spouse works full time	57.1 %	49.2 %	0.16	<0.001
Lives in a house	89.5 %	64.4 %	0.55	<0.001
Rural/Urban	2.34 (1.08)	2 (1.07)	0.32	<0.001

Note: Rural/Urban: 1= urban; 2= 2nd city; 3 = suburban; 4 = town and rural i.e. higher is “more rural”,

ASB = absolute standardized bias