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. 2018 Oct 24;8(11):190. doi: 10.3390/ani8110190

Table 3.

Changes in attitude towards the containment of pet cats. Percentages for the pre-test and post-surveys are the percentages of respondents who indicated that containment was important or very important on a five-point scale (very unimportant to very important) in response to the statement “Please indicate how important you think it is to contain a cat (e.g., keep the cat inside a house or cat run)?” Sign tests we used to determine if the changes were statistically significant (significant results are marked with an asterisk).

n Pre-Survey Post-Survey % Change Sign Test Results Sign Test Differences
Importance of day-time containment
Non-owners 25 64.0% 76.0% +18.8% Exact p = 0.210

  • 5 Negative

  • 11 Positive

  • 9 Ties
Cat owners, not tracking participants 193 28.5% 60.6% +112.7% * z = −6.088, p < 0.001

  • 24 Negative

  • 90 Positive

  • 79 Ties
Cat owners, tracking participants 114 8.8% 44.7% +410.0% * z = −4.596, p < 0.001

  • 16 Negative

  • 56 Positive

  • 42 Ties
Importance of night-time containment
Non-owners 25 92.0% 96.0% +4.3% Exact p = 1.000

  • 1 Negative

  • 2 Positive

  • 22 Ties
Cat owners, not tracking participants 209 77.0% 87.6% +13.7% * z = −4.743, p < 0.001

  • 22 Negative

  • 68 Positive

  • 119 Ties
Cat owners, tracking participants 117 65.0% 82.1% +26.3% * z = −4.491, p < 0.001

  • 10 Negative

  • 44 Positive

  • 63 Ties