Table 4.
Results of statistical analysis (Wilcoxon signed rank test and effect size) of changes in the total walking time of dog owners due to the state of emergency (≥150 min/week)
| Characteristics | ≥150 min/week |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | During | Difference | W | Ns/r | Z | P (2-tail) | Effect size | |
| N (%) | N (%) | |||||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 55 (26) | 36 (17) | 19 (9) | 190 | 19 | 3.81 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Female | 161 (74) | 85 (39) | 76 (35) | 2926 | 76 | 8.71 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-44 | 184 (85) | 118 (55) | 66 (30) | 2211 | 66 | 7.06 | <0.01 | 1 |
| 45-64 | 32 (15) | 3 (1) | 29 (14) | 435 | 29 | 4.7 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Medium | 117 (54) | 72 (33) | 45 (21) | 1035 | 45 | 5.84 | <0.01 | 1 |
| High | 99 (46) | 49 (23) | 50 (23) | 1275 | 50 | 6.15 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Members in household | ||||||||
| 1 | 36 (17) | 15 (7) | 21 (10) | 231 | 21 | 4.01 | <0.01 | 1 |
| 2+ | 180 (83) | 106 (49) | 74 (34) | 2775 | 74 | 7.47 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Income | ||||||||
| Low to medium | 153 (71) | 89 (41) | 64 (30) | 2080 | 64 | 6.95 | <0.01 | 1 |
| High | 63 (29) | 32 (15) | 31 (14) | 496 | 4.86 | <0.01 | 1 | |
| Home location | ||||||||
| Central area | 83 (38) | 44 (20) | 39 (18) | 780 | 39 | 5.44 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Peripheral area | 133 (62) | 77 (36) | 56 (26) | 1596 | 56 | 6.51 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Garden | ||||||||
| Yes | 60 (28) | 35 (16) | 25 (12) | 325 | 25 | 4.37 | <0.01 | 1 |
| No | 156 (72) | 86 (40) | 70 (32) | 2485 | 70 | 7.27 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Dog breed | ||||||||
| Mixed breed | 115 (53) | 69 (32) | 46 (21) | 1081 | 46 | 5.9 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Purebred | 101 (47) | 52 (24) | 49 (23) | 1225 | 49 | 6.09 | <0.01 | 1 |
| Total | 216 (100) | 121 (56) | 95 (44) | 4560 | 95 | 8.46 | <0.01 | 1 |