Table 4. Association of animals-related variables with wellbeing and health of male responders.

	wellbeing (WHOQOL-BREF)	no. of children	family situation	economic situation	subj. physical health problems	subj. mental health problems	no. psychiatric disorders	no. psychiatric dis. in partner	mental health problems score	physical health problems score	sexual activity	sexual desire
toxoplasmosis	-0.108	-0.071	-0.057	-0.052	0.014	0.063	0.095	-0.036	0.026	0.069	0.051	-0.002
like dogs	0.063	-0.054	0.028	-0.002	-0.035	-0.044	-0.012	-0.005	-0.025	0.008	0.083	0.075
like cats	0.021	-0.082	-0.006	-0.016	0.017	0.013	0.048	0.008	0.044	-0.004	0.003	0.017
prefer dogs	0.018	0.032	0.021	0.010	-0.042	-0.042	-0.047	-0.004	-0.056	0.008	0.049	0.043
dog ever	0.009	0.021	-0.007	-0.036	-0.026	-0.035	0.021	0.026	-0.004	0.001	0.102	0.012
dog now	0.019	0.021	0.036	-0.008	-0.009	-0.012	-0.002	0.026	0.006	0.012	0.013	0.036
dogs number	-0.006	0.032	0.034	-0.023	0.017	0.001	-0.002	0.027	0.009	0.079	0.045	0.002
dog bit	-0.011	-0.015	-0.010	-0.026	-0.036	-0.006	0.056	0.050	0.044	0.000	0.085	0.004
cat ever	-0.009	0.016	-0.003	-0.037	-0.019	-0.014	0.018	0.032	0.018	-0.013	0.062	-0.006
cat now	0.009	0.000	0.000	-0.023	-0.013	-0.014	0.028	0.060	0.044	0.018	0.012	-0.015
cats number	-0.012	-0.002	-0.025	-0.020	0.000	-0.021	0.014	0.069	0.005	-0.006	0.008	0.000
cat bit	-0.036	-0.030	-0.047	-0.025	0.004	0.008	0.091	0.040	0.089	0.023	0.072	-0.009
cat scratch	-0.048	-0.022	-0.065	-0.027	0.019	0.015	0.073	0.061	0.076	0.042	0.052	0.001
cigarettes	-0.046	-0.001	-0.022	-0.105	0.083	0.047	0.110	0.032	0.067	-0.039	0.222	-0.001
alcohol	0.022	-0.001	0.033	0.013	-0.028	-0.001	0.006	0.019	0.009	-0.056	0.114	0.043
illegal drugs	-0.035	-0.076	-0.037	-0.077	-0.031	0.014	0.099	0.048	0.103	-0.020	0.157	-0.016
BMI	-0.067	0.099	0.001	0.010	0.176	0.018	0.024	0.010	-0.003	0.059	0.046	0.028

Table shows direction and strength (partial Tau) of associations between the variables listed in the headers of rows and columns. Positive partial Tau for wellbeing, number of children, sexual activity and sexual desire indicate better performance of subjects who score higher in the variables listed in the headers of rows and worse health (e.g. higher number of mental health disorders, higher mental health problems score, etc.) for such subjects. The association of focal variables with intensity of smoking cigarettes, frequency of being under influence of alcohol and illegal drugs, and body mass index demonstrate the relative strength of the focal (animals-related) associations. Associations significant after the correction for multiple tests are printed bold.