Table 6.

Relationship between owner socioeconomic factors and the body condition of dogs.

Characteristics	Underweight (BCS 1–3)		Ideal (BCS 4–5)		Overweight (BCS 6–7)		Obese (BCS 8–9)		All dogs		P-valuea
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Male	6	4.3	53	38.1	54	38.8	26	18.9	139	100.0	0.800
Female	17	11.6	96	65.7	21	14.4	12	8.2	146	100.0
Age range
18 to 34 years	9	10.2	50	56.8	14	15.9	15	17.0	88	100.0	0.094
35 to 59 years	12	9.0	68	50.7	42	31.3	12	9.0	134	100.0
≥ 60 years	2	3.2	31	49.2	19	30.1	11	17.5	63	100.0
Education
Did not finish middle school	1	50.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	100.0	0.240
Middle school	8	14.3	23	41.1	17	30.3	8	14.3	56	100.0
High school	9	7.4	65	53.2	32	26.2	16	13.1	122	100.0
College	4	3.9	59	57.8	25	24.5	14	13.7	102	100.0
No information	1	33.3	1	33.3	1	33.33	0	0.0	3	100.0
Family incomeb
Low	7	12.5	25	44.6	18	32.1	6	10.7	56	100.0	0.533
Middle class	8	6.6	66	54.5	28	23.1	19	15.7	121	100.0
Elite	6	5.9	58	56.8	26	25.4	12	11.7	102	100.0
No information	2	33.3	0	0.0	3	50.0	1	16.7	6	100.0

BCS body condition score.

^ap value obtained by the chi-square test.

^bFamily income classified according to Neri²³.