Table 1.

Contingency Tables for Coat Color by Cat Outcome and for Coat Color by Controls (n = 7983).

		Coat Color
Measure	Full Sample	Black (n = 2641)	Brown (n = 1225)	Gray (n = 1940)	Orange (n = 1062)	White (n = 809)	Other (n = 306)
Cat Outcome
Euthanasia	5649	1970 a 74.6%	828 b,c 67.6%	1392 d 71.8%	755 c,d 71.1%	510 e 63.0%	194 b,e 63.4%
Adoption	1048	265 a 10.0%	161 b 13.1%	263 b 13.6%	148 b 13.9%	152 c 18.8%	59 c 19.3%
Transfer	1286	406 a,b 15.4%	236 c 19.3%	285 b 14.7%	159 a,b 15.0%	147 a,c 18.2%	53 a,b,c 17.3%
				Global Χ2(10) = 79.44 * Cramer’s V = 0.07
Controls
Breed
Domestic Shorthair	6667	2247 a,b 85.1%	1013 b 82.7%	1635 a,b 84.3%	911 a 85.8%	630 c 77.9%	231 c 75.5%
Domestic Mediumhair	600	207 a 7.8%	75 a 6.1%	148 a 7.6%	78 a 7.3%	65 a 8.0%	27 a 8.8%
Domestic Longhair	393	140 a 5.3%	41 b 3.3%	103 a 5.3%	53 a 5.0%	39 a,b 4.8%	17 a,b 5.6%
Fancy—Mix	192	31 a 1.2%	63 b 5.1%	29 a 1.5%	15 a 1.4%	40 b 4.9%	14 b 4.6%
Fancy—Single Breed	131	16 a 0.6%	33 b 2.7%	25 c 1.3%	5 a 0.5%	35 d 4.3%	17 d 5.6%
				Global Χ2(20) = 213.02 * Cramer’s V = 0.08
Stray	5875	1946 a,b 73.7%	885 b,c 72.2%	1464 a 75.5%	780 a,b,c 73.4%	567 c 70.1%	233 a,b 76.1%
				Global Χ2(5) = 10.81 Cramer’s V = 0.04

* p < 0.05 (Global Χ² test). Note: Superscripted letters (a through e) signify coat colors that did not differ on a measure (p > 0.05 for 2-tailed z tests).