Table 2. Demographics of owners of Bulldogs, French Bulldogs and Pugs in the study population.
Variable | Sub-category | Bulldog N = 638 |
French Bulldog N = 741 |
Pug N = 789 |
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Owner age (years) | 18–24 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 13.3 |
25–34 | 27.0 | 39.0 | 35.6 | |
35–44 | 34.6 | 26.9 | 21.8 | |
44–54 | 22.1 | 14.3 | 18.3 | |
55–64 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 8.9 | |
65–74 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | |
Owner gender | Female | 85.7 | 89.6 | 91.2 |
Male | 13.9 | 10.3 | 8.2 | |
Highest education level | GCSE | 15.9 | 15.3 | 14.2 |
Vocational qualification | 27.1 | 20.0 | 24.6 | |
A Level | 14.8 | 13.3 | 15.7 | |
Undergraduate degree | 31.7 | 37.5 | 34.4 | |
Postgraduate degree | 10.5 | 13.8 | 11.0 | |
Household income | <£25,000 | 13.9 | 11.9 | 9.1 |
£25,000 - £49,999 | 37.5 | 41.9 | 38.9 | |
£50,000 - £74,999 | 22.6 | 17.4 | 20.4 | |
£75,000 - £99,999 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.4 | |
> £100,000 | 13.9 | 11.9 | 9.1 | |
Housing | Flat | 9.4 | 18.9 | 11.2 |
Terraced house | 15.5 | 17.6 | 21.0 | |
Semi-detached house | 29.8 | 28.2 | 29.7 | |
Detached house | 40.5 | 32.2 | 35.2 | |
Other | 4.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | |
Garden access | Yes | 93.4 | 89.2 | 93.8 |
No | 6.6 | 10.8 | 6.2 | |
Location | Rural | 29.8 | 24.9 | 25.0 |
Suburban | 48.5 | 51.8 | 51.1 | |
Urban | 21.7 | 23.3 | 23.9 | |
Children in household | Yes | 53.9 | 40.2 | 44.1 |
No | 46.1 | 59.8 | 55.9 | |
First time owner | Yes | 21.5 | 30.8 | 31.0 |
No | 78.5 | 69.2 | 69.0 |