Table 1.

Participants’ demographic composition.

Participant	Gender	Age Group 1		Ethnicity Background	(Dis)Ability Self-Identification	Ways of Obtaining Animal(s)	Years with the Animal(s)
		18–39	40–59
1	F		•	Caucasian	Unknown	Adopted	8 years
2	F	•		Caucasian	Yes	Adopted	3 years
3	F		•	Caucasian	Yes	Adopted	13 years
4	F		•	Caucasian	Yes	Adopted	9 years
5	F		•	Indigenous	Yes	Adopted	9.5 years
6	F		•	Caucasian	Yes	Adopted	9 years
7	F		•	Caucasian	Yes	Adopted	12 years
8	F	•		Indigenous	Unknown	Adopted	6 years
9	M		•	Caucasian	Yes	Adopted	10+ years
10	F		•	Caucasian	Unknown	Adopted	11 years
11	F		•	Indigenous	Yes	Adopted	2 years
12	F	•		Caucasian	Unknown	Adopted	6 years

¹ “•” indicates the participant’s age group when the interview was conducted.