Table 3. The animal ethics orientations scores in socio-demographic sectors (N = 1002–1005).
| Animal rights | Anthropocentric | Animal protection | Lay utilitarian | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 39.7 | (25.5) | 51.7 | (23.0) | 72.0 | (22.5) | 43.6 | (25.3) |
| Female | 48.6 | (26.0) | 39.7 | (23.5) | 66.8 | (26.4) | 32.2 | (24.5) |
| Spearmans r; p-value | 0.171*** | -0.250*** | -0.106*** | -0.223*** | ||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 15–29 years | 50.5 | (26.5) | 43.4 | (24.7) | 63.4 | (27.0) | 38.3 | (25.8) |
| 30–39 years | 44.5 | (28.7) | 46.7 | (26.0) | 69.9 | (23.1) | 38.5 | (28.3) |
| 40–49 years | 39.3 | (25.2) | 48.3 | (22.9) | 72.8 | (20.6) | 42.6 | (25.6) |
| 50–59 years | 47.0 | (26.5) | 41.4 | (25.2) | 66.3 | (29.3) | 33.9 | (25.7) |
| 60–69 years | 40.5 | (23.5) | 47.3 | (21.1) | 74.1 | (21.8) | 35.3 | (23.4) |
| 70 years or older | 38.2 | (21.8) | 51.0 | (21.3) | 74.4 | (18.9) | 39.8 | (20.8) |
| Spearmans r; p-value | -0.118*** | n.s. | 0.120*** | n.s. | ||||
| Living area (regions) | ||||||||
| Capital region | 41.7 | (24.6) | 46.4 | (22.1) | 71.3 | (22.9) | 37.2 | (24.3) |
| Mid Jutland | 46.5 | (30.1) | 47.1 | (24.6) | 67.9 | (27.4) | 39.9 | (27.2) |
| North Jutland | 46.1 | (25.2) | 44.5 | (24.7) | 66.1 | (25.5) | 37.4 | (23.9) |
| Region Zealand | 43.6 | (25.8) | 47.8 | (25.4) | 73.8 | (21.0) | 39.8 | (26.7) |
| Southern Denmark | 45.6 | (26.9) | 39.9 | (23.4) | 62.7 | (28.9) | 35.4 | (26.7) |
| p-value from F-test | n.s. | n.s. | *** | n.s. | ||||
| Education | ||||||||
| Cumpulsory school | 50.9 | (26.7) | 40.4 | (24.4) | 56.9 | (31.1) | 32.5 | (24.9) |
| High school | 46.6 | (26.9) | 45.5 | (25.4) | 69.8 | (23.3) | 39.2 | (25.4) |
| Vocational education | 43.8 | (24.8) | 45.3 | (23.3) | 72.3 | (21.0) | 37.8 | (23.9) |
| Short to medium length higher education | 40.4 | (25.8) | 50.0 | (24.9) | 74.6 | (19.7) | 40.8 | (27.6) |
| Long higher education | 34.0 | (24.8) | 51.3 | (23.2) | 77.7 | (19.5) | 44.4 | (26.1) |
| Spearmans r; p-value | -0.185*** | 0.147*** | 0.270*** | 0.130*** | ||||
| Total | 44.1 | (26.1) | 45.8 | (24.0) | 69.4 | (24.6) | 38.0 | (25.5) |
* p<0.05
** p<0.01
*** p<0.001
n.s: not significant at the 0.05 level