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. 2021 Oct 20;48:1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.jveb.2021.10.009

Table 5.

Results of statistical analysis of changes in owner walking time with dog (McNemar's test for matched pairs)

Characteristics Before/During the pandemic≥150 min/week
McNemar's statistics
Yes/Yes Yes/No No/Yes No/No χ2 (DF = 1) OR 95% CI P
1/1 1/0 0/1 0/0
Gender
Male 14 (25) 17 (24) 15 (37) 9 (19) 0.03 0.88 0.41-1.88 0.86
Female 42 (75) 55 (76) 25 (63) 39 (81) 10.51 0.46 0.27-0.74 <0.01
Age
18-44 53 (95) 55 (76) 40 (100) 36 (75) 2.06 0.73 0.472-1.11 0.15
45-64 3 (5) 17 (24) 0 (0) 12 (25) 15.06 / / <0.01
Education
Medium 36 (64) 38 (53) 21 (53) 22 (46) 4.34 0.55 0.31-0.97 0.04
High 20 (36) 34 (47) 19 (47) 26 (54) 3.70 0.56 0.30 – 1.00 0.05
Members in household
1 8 (14) 14 (19) 4 (10) 10 (21) 4.50 0.29 0.07-0.91 0.03
2+ 48 (86) 58 (81) 36 (90) 38 (79) 4.69 0.62 0.40-0.1 0.03
Income
Low to medium 44 (78) 48 (67) 32 (80) 29 (60) 2.81 0.67 0.41-1.07 0.09
High 12 (22) 24 (33) 8 (20) 19 (40) 7.03 0.33 0.13-0.77 <0.01
Home location
Central area 22 (39) 29 (40) 14 (35) 18 (37) 4.558 0.48 0.24-0.94 0.03
Peripheral area 34 (61) 43 (60 26 (65) 30 (63) 3.71 0.61 0.36-1.01 0.05
Garden
Yes 15 (27) 21 (29) 11 (27) 13 (27) 2.53 0.52 0.23-1.14 0.11
No 41 (73) 51 (71) 29 (73) 35 (73) 5.51 0.57 0.35-0.91 0.02
Dog breed
Mixed breed 27 (48) 31 (43) 28 (70) 29 (60) 0.07 0.9 0.52-1.56 0.79
Purebred 29 (52) 41 (57) 12 (30) 19 (40) 14.79 0.29 0.14-0.57 <0.01
Total 56 (100) 72 (100) 40 (100) 48 (100) 8.58 0.56 0.37 – 0.83 <0.01