Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants (N = 2584).
| All | Dog owners | Cat owners | Non-dog/cat owners | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number/mean | %/SD | Number/mean | %/SD | Number/mean | %/SD | Number/mean | %/SD | ||
| Sex | Female | 1218 | 47.1% | 119 | 46.9% | 49 | 45.0% | 1053 | 47.2% |
| Male | 1366 | 52.9% | 135 | 53.1% | 60 | 55.0% | 1177 | 52.8% | |
| Age (months) | 122 | 3.28 | 122 | 3.21 | 121 | 3.26 | 122 | 3.29 | |
| Well-being | at age 10 | 79.06 | 16.61 | 79.42 | 16.83 | 80.04 | 15.65 | 78.98 | 16.63 |
| at age 12 | 75.14 | 18.88 | 77.53 | 17.60 | 69.69 | 21.06 | 75.11 | 18.87 | |
| Parental age | Mother | 41.97 | 4.15 | 41.48 | 4.27 | 42.40 | 4.11 | 42.00 | 4.14 |
| Father | 44.12 | 5.17 | 43.40 | 5.12 | 45.26 | 5.00 | 44.16 | 5.19 | |
| Educational level of mother | High school or less | 411 | 15.9% | 44 | 17.3% | 15 | 13.8% | 352 | 15.8% |
| 2-year college | 1150 | 44.5% | 129 | 50.8% | 53 | 48.6% | 973 | 43.6% | |
| 4-year university | 932 | 36.1% | 71 | 28.0% | 38 | 34.9% | 826 | 37.0% | |
| Graduate university | 91 | 3.5% | 10 | 3.94% | 3 | 2.8% | 79 | 3.5% | |
| Educational level of father | High school or less | 470 | 18.2% | 59 | 23.2% | 28 | 25.7% | 385 | 17.3% |
| 2-year college | 360 | 13.9% | 33 | 13.0% | 23 | 21.1% | 305 | 13.7% | |
| 4-year university | 1444 | 55.9% | 137 | 53.9% | 44 | 40.4% | 1268 | 56.9% | |
| Graduate university | 310 | 12.0% | 25 | 9.8% | 14 | 12.8% | 272 | 12.2% | |
| Annual household income (10,000 yen) | 0–299 | 64 | 2.5% | 7 | 2.8% | 4 | 3.7% | 53 | 2.4% |
| 300–599 | 636 | 24.6% | 65 | 25.6% | 39 | 35.8% | 535 | 24.0% | |
| 600–999 | 1095 | 42.4% | 96 | 37.8% | 38 | 34.9% | 964 | 43.2% | |
| 1000+ | 789 | 30.5% | 86 | 33.9% | 28 | 25.7% | 678 | 30.4% | |
| Number of siblings | 1.16 | 0.79 | 1.12 | 0.78 | 1.07 | 0.84 | 1.16 | 0.78 | |