Table 1.

Algorithm for allocating outcome categories to study cats.

When Your Cat Was Found, Where Was Your Cat Found?	Please Indicate Whether or Not Your Cat Was Found.	At This Moment, Which Option Best Describes the Searching Situation Regarding Your Cat?	If You Found Your Missing Cat, What Are the Two Primary Methods or Resources that Helped You the Most?	n 1	Allocated Outcome
Location selected	My cat was found	My cat has been found alive		583	Found alive
No location selected	My cat was found	My cat has been found alive		4	Found alive
No location selected		My cat has been found alive		15	Found alive
Location selected	My cat was found	Sadly, my cat was found dead		17	Found dead
No location selected	My cat has not been found	Sadly, my cat was found dead		3	Found dead
No location selected		Sadly, my cat was found dead		1	Found dead
No location selected		I am still searching continuously		11	Not found
No location selected	My cat has not been found	I am still searching continuously	I did not find my cat	69	Not found
No location selected	My cat has not been found	I am still searching continuously		39	Not found
No location selected	My cat has not been found	I am still searching on and off	I did not find my cat	68	Not found
No location selected	My cat has not been found	I am still searching on and off		48	Not found
No location selected	My cat has not been found	I have stopped searching and did not find my cat	I did not find my cat	111	Not found
No location selected	My cat has not been found	I have stopped searching and did not find my cat		70	Not found
No location selected	My cat has not been found	Sadly, my cat was found dead	I did not find my cat	5	Not found
No location selected		I am still searching on and off		13	Not found
No location selected		I have stopped searching and did not find my cat	I did not find my cat	1	Not found
No location selected		I have stopped searching and did not find my cat		17	Not found
Location selected		I am still searching continuously		1	Discordant 2
Location selected	My cat was found			1	Discordant 2
Location selected	My cat was found	I am still searching continuously		4	Discordant 2
Location selected	My cat was found	I am still searching on and off		2	Discordant 2
Location selected	My cat was found	I have stopped searching and did not find my cat		1	Discordant 2
Location selected	My cat was found	My cat has been found alive	I did not find my cat	1	Discordant 2
Location selected	My cat was found	My cat has been found alive	I did not find my cat	1	Discordant 2
Location selected	My cat was found	Sadly, my cat was found dead	I did not find my cat	3	Discordant 2
Location selected				1	Discordant 2
Location selected		I have stopped searching and did not find my cat		1	Discordant 2
No location selected	My cat was found	I have stopped searching and did not find my cat	I did not find my cat	1	Discordant 2
No location selected				118	Unclassifiable
Total				1210

¹ Number of cats allocated to each outcome category; ² Responses were discordant so no outcome was allocated.