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

Table 6.

Chi square and Fisher exact test for owner sociodemographics, characteristics of homes and dog ownership

Groups Before the state of emergency
During the state of emergency
During the state of emergency
Time (min/week)
Chi square test
Time (min/week)
Chi square test
Time (min/week)
Chi square test
< 150 ≥150 < 150 ≥150 DF = 1 <150 ≥150 DF = 1
n (%) n (%) χ2 P n (%) n (%) χ2 P n (%) n (%) χ2 P
Categories
Total (N = 216) 88 (41) 128 (59) 120 (56) 96 (44) 95 (44) 121 (56)
Gender
Male (N = 55) 24 (44) 3 1 (56) 0.12 0.73 26 (47) 29 (53) 1.62 0.20 19 (34) 36 (66) 2.18 0.13
Female (N = 161) 64 (40) 97 (60) 94 (58) 67 (42) 76 (47) 85 (53)
Age
18-44(N = 184) 76 (41) 108 (59) 0.04 0.84 91 (49) 93 (51) Fisher <0.01 66 (36) 118 (64) Fisher <0.01
45-64 (N = 32) 12 (38) 20 (62) 29 (91) 3 (9) 29 (91) 3 (9)
Education
Medium (N = 117) 43 (37) 74 (63) 1.34 0.25 60 (51) 57 (49) 1.53 0.22 45 (38) 72 (62) 2.69 0.10
Higher or high (N = 99) 45 (45) 54 (55) 60 (61) 39 (39) 50 (51) 49 (49)
Members in household
1 (N = 36) 13 (36) 23 (64) 0.19 0.66 24 (67) 12 (33) 1.65 0.20 21 (58) 15 (42) 2.95 0.09
2+ (N = 180) 75 (41) 105 (59) 96 (53) 84 (47) 74 (41) 106 (59)
Income
Low to medium (N = 153) 61 (40) 92 (60) 0.06 0.80 77 (50) 76 (50) 5.11 0.02 64 (42) 89 (58) 0.71 0.04
High (N = 63) 27 (43) 36 (57) 43 (68) 20 (32) 31 (49) 32 (51)
Location of home
Central area (N = 83) 32 (39) 51 (61) 0.14 0.71 47 (57) 36 (43) 0.01 0.92 39 (47) 44 (53) 0.32 0.57
Non central (N = 133) 56 (42) 77 (58) 73 (55) 60 (45) 56 (42) 77 (58)
Garden
Yes (N = 60) 24 (40) 36 (60) 0.00 1.00 34 (57) 26 (43) 0.00 1.00 25 (42) 35 (58) 0.07 0.79
No (N = 156) 64 (41) 92 (59) 86 (55) 70 (45) 70 (45) 86 (55)
Dog breed
Mixed breed (N = 115) 55 (48) 60 (52) 4.51 0.03 60 (52) 55 (48) 0.87 0.35 46 (40) 69 (60) 1.26 0.26
Purebred (N = 101) 33 (33) 68 (67) 60 (59) 41 (41) 49 (49) 52 (51)