Table 4.
Practices associated with the dog owners in cities and villages in different population
| Variable | Characteristics | Response | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding of dogs uncooked organs from animals | Dogs feces disposed-off | Water boiling | Hand washing | Home slaughtering of animals | |||||||
| Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | ||
| Gender | Male | 129 (49.42) | 132 (50.57) | 174 (66.66) | 87 (33.33) | 19 (7.27) | 242 (92.72) | 251 (96.16) | 10 (3.83) | 55 (21.07) | 206 (78.92) |
| Female | 20 (71.42) | 8 (28.57) | 18 (64.28) | 10 (35.71) | 2 (7.14) | 26 (92.85) | 27 (96.42) | 1 (3.57) | 3 (10.71) | 25 (89.28) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 4.90 P < 0.02000 | χ2 = 0.0018 P < 0.96 | χ2 = 0.0007 P < 0.97 | χ2 = 1.78e-28 P < 1 | χ2 = 1.69 P < 0.19 | ||||||
| Age | 15 – 35 | 94 (57.31) | 70 (42.68) | 109 (66.46) | 55 (33.53) | 9 (5.48) | 155 (94.51) | 157 (95.73) | 7 (4.26) | 25 (15.24) | 139 (84.75) |
| 36 – 56 | 43 (40.95) | 62 (59.04) | 69 (65.71) | 36 (34.28) | 11 (10.47) | 94 (89.52) | 100 (95.23) | 5 (4.76) | 30 (23.57) | 75 (71.42) | |
| 57 – 77 | 11 (55.00) | 9 (45.00) | 13 (65.00) | 7 (35.00) | 1 (5.00) | 19 (95.00) | 20 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (15.00) | 17 (85.00) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 6.98 P < 0.03 | χ2 = 0.02 P < 0.99 | χ2 = 2.52 P < 0.28 | χ2 = 0.88 P < 0.64 | χ2 = 7.43 P < 0.02 | ||||||
| Ethnicity | Punjabi | 113 (47.67) | 124 (52.32) | 17 (7.17) | 220 (92.82) | 19 (8.01) | 218 (91.98) | 230 (97.04) | 7 (2.95) | 51 (21.51) | 186 (78.48) |
| Pathan | 21 (70.00) | 9 (30.00) | 22 (73.33) | 8 (26.66) | 2 (6.66) | 28 (93.33) | 29 (96.66) | 1 (3.33) | 7 (23.33) | 23 (76.66) | |
| Others | 13 (59.09) | 9 (40.90) | 17 (77.27) | 5 (22.72) | 0 (0.00) | 22 (100.00) | 17 (77.27) | 5 (22.72) | 0 (0.00) | 22 (100.00) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 5.95 P < 0.05 | χ2 = 125.70 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 15.8 P < 0.014 | χ2 = 18.42 P < 0.0001 | χ2 = 17.5 P < 0.007 | ||||||
| Education level | No formal education | 42 (82.35) | 9 (17.64) | 18 (35.29) | 33 (64.70) | 11 (21.56) | 40 (78.43) | 46 (90.19) | 05 (9.80) | 49 (96.07) | 2 (3.92) |
| Primary | 7 (63.63) | 4 (36.36) | 4 (36.36) | 7 (63.63) | 02 (18.18) | 9 (81.81) | 10 (90.90) | 01 (9.09) | 6 (54.54) | 5 (45.45) | |
| Secondary | 42 (45.65) | 50 (54.34) | 28 (30.43) | 64 (69.56) | 30 (32.60) | 62 (67.39) | 90 (97.82) | 02 (2.17) | 24 (26.08) | 68 (73.91) | |
| Post-Secondary | 72 (53.33) | 63 (46.66) | 99 (73.33) | 36 (26.66) | 84 (62.22) | 51 (37.77) | 135 (100.00) | 00 (0.00) | 12 (8.88) | 123 (91.11) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 19.0419 P < 0.0002 | χ2 = 48.48 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 36.43 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 14.97 P < 0.00183 | χ2 = 134.54 P < 0.00001 | ||||||
| Occupation | Butchers | 33 (31.42) | 72 (68.57) | 95 (90.47) | 10 (9.52) | 0 (0.00) | 105 (100.00) | 102 (97.14) | 3 (2.85) | 0 (0.00) | 105 (100.0) |
| Farmers/Livestock Keepers | 57 (57.57) | 42 (42.42) | 33 (33.33) | 66 (66.66) | 21 (21.21) | 78 (78.78) | 96 (96.96) | 3 (3.03) | 58 (58.58) | 41 (41.41) | |
| Multiple Professions | 59 (69.41) | 26 (30.58) | 64 (75.29) | 21 (24.70) | 0 (0.00) | 85 (100) | 80 (94.11) | 5 (5.88) | 0 (0.00) | 85 (100.0) | |
| Statistics | χ2 = 29.31 P < 0.00001 | χ2 = 78.85 P < 3.2e-16 | χ2 = 324.17 P < 2.2e-16 | χ2 = 1.42 P < 0.49 | χ2 = 410.7 P < 2.2e-16 | ||||||