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. 2019 Feb 7;14(2):e0211656. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211656

Table 4. Adjusted associations between animal ethics orientations and stated behaviour in areas where animals are used, having a cat or dog, and animal-related opinions and trust (N = 974–1002)–coefficients from multivariate modelsA.

Animal rights Anthropo-centrism Animal protection Lay utili-tarian
Number of animal theme parks visitedB n.s. -0.06** 0.009*** n.s.
Frequency of meat eatingC n.s. n.s. 0.006*** 0.004**
Animal welfare-friendly meat consumptionD 0.016*** -0.11** n.s. -0.11***
Semi-vegetarianismE 0.015** n.s. n.s. n.s.
Cat ownershipE n.s. n.s. -0.09* -0.09*
Dog ownershipE n.s. -0.14*** n.s. n.s.
Trust in current animal welfare legislationD n.s. 0.031*** 0.010*** 0.014***
Endorsing an NGO animal welfare campaignC 0.005*** -0.005** 0.004* -0.08***
Endorsing a campaign from the Danish meat and agricultural farmers’ associationC n.s. n.s. 0.08*** n.s.
Non-concern about animal welfareC -0.003** 0.016*** n.s. 0.010***

* p<0.05

** p<0.01

*** p<0.001; n.s: not significant at the 0.05 level

A Control variables in all analyses were: gender, age, household type (single adult, two adults (no children), and household with children), educational level, and living area.

B Reported coefficients are from a Poisson regression (suitable when the dependent variable is a count variable).

C Reported coefficients are from ols regression.

D Reported coefficients are from an ordinal logit regression.

E Reported coefficients are from a logit regression.