Table 2.
The Logistic Regression Chi-Square test χ2 (p-values) for the participants’ (n = 41) demographics and their response regarding beliefs about the sentience of animals by species and emotion.
| Hunger | Pain | Fear | Boredom | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cows | Age | 8.263 (0.004) * | 4.154 (0.042) * | 3.070 (0.080) | 1.721 (0.190) |
| Sex | 14.240 (< 0.001) * | 12.285 (<0.001) * | 8.714 (0.003) * | 7.916 (0.005) * | |
| Occupation | 0.061 (0.970) | 0.088 (0.957) | 1.644 (0.439) | 2.336 (0.311) | |
| Pigs | Age | 10.922 (0.001) * | 3.968 (0.046) * | 2.974 (0.085) | 3.476 (0.062) |
| Sex | 12.829 (< 0.001) * | 10.793 (0.001) * | 8.228 (0.004) * | 10.549 (0.001) * | |
| Occupation | 1.287 (0.525) | 0.645 (0.724) | 2.450 (0.294) | 3.241 (0.198) | |
| Cats | Age | 10.780 (0.001) * | 8.277 (0.004) * | 2.054 (0.152) | 0.849 (0.357) |
| Sex | 11.809 (0.001) * | 13.429 (0.000) * | 7.293 (0.007) * | 5.307 (0.021) * | |
| Occupation | 0.490 (0.783) | 0.032 (0.984) | 4.421 (0.110) | 3.401 (0.183) | |
| Dogs | Age | 0.593 (0.441) | 5.541 (0.019) * | 3.331 (0.068) | 0.802 (0.371) |
| Sex | 10.011 (0.002) * | 13.315 (<0.001) * | 4.977 (0.026) * | 7.095 (0.008) * | |
| Occupation | 3.339 (0.188) | 0.801 (0.670) | 1.264 (0.531) | 2.192 (0.334) |
* Denotes significant p-values at the 0.05 confidence level.