Table 3.
Demographic profile of owned dogs in selected model and non-model villages in Jiading district, Shanghai, 2020.
| Village | Ratioa | Breed (%) | Age, years (%) | Source of acquisition (%) | Purpose (%) | Desexing rate (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden | Hybrid | Pet | ≤1 | 1–3 | 3–6 | ≥6 | Gift from neighbors | Home-bred | External purchase | Guarding house | Companionship | |||
| Anxin | 1.55 | 86.7 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 89.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 31.6 | 59.7 | 8.8 | 96.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
| Fuhu* | 1.60 | 88.5 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 78.9 | 12.0 | 3.9 | 22.1 | 74.5 | 3.4 | 97.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| Zhaoting | 1.33 | 73.6 | 15.4 | 11.0 | 6.2 | 79.3 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 39.2 | 49.8 | 11.0 | 90.3 | 9.7 | 4.4 |
| Loutang* | 1.08 | 60.3 | 16.8 | 23.0 | 4.8 | 42.6 | 39.7 | 12.9 | 29.7 | 18.7 | 51.7 | 52.2 | 47.9 | 16.8 |
| Zhoujing | 1.12 | 90.1 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 57.3 | 38.1 | 3.2 | 59.7 | 36.0 | 4.3 | 98.1 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| Wangxin* | 2.34 | 73.3 | 18.7 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 74.7 | 17.3 | 5.3 | 38.7 | 50.7 | 10.7 | 89.3 | 10.7 | 2.7 |
| Total | 1.35 | 80.4 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 69.1 | 20.4 | 4.4 | 36.7 | 49.2 | 12.4 | 88.3 | 10.0 | 3.7 |
*
Non-model village.
a
Number of domestic dogs/Number of dog households.