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. 2021 Oct 26;8:742245. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.742245

Table 4.

Logistic regression model for risk factors associated with uncontrolled outdoor access for cats based on owner reports, with province/state as a random effect (N = 7,838 participants).

Risk factors ORa 95% CIb P
Gender - - 0.013
Man (ref.)c - - -
Woman 1.64 1.03, 2.60 0.037
My gender identity is not listed above 4.02 1.41, 11.50 0.009
Prefer not to answer 3.23 1.29, 8.13 0.013
Education - - 0.007
College Certificate or Diploma (ref.) - - -
Elementary school 0.25 0.04, 1.56 0.138
Secondary school 1.26 0.91, 1.75 0.170
Bachelor's degree 0.78 0.60, 1.02 0.068
Master's degree 0.68 0.46, 1.00 0.050
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree 0.67 0.34, 1.33 0.250
Professional degree 0.49 0.30, 0.78 0.003
Prefer not to answer 0.61 0.29, 1.29 0.198
Living location - - <0.001
Large city (300,000–1 million people) (ref.) - - -
Village (<1,000 people) 1.85 1.22, 2.79 0.003
Small town (1,000–20,000 people) 1.30 0.92, 1.82 0.134
Large town (20,000–100,000 people) 0.97 0.68, 1.38 0.858
Small city (100,000–300,000 people) 0.76 0.54, 1.07 0.116
Metropolis (>1 million people) 1.19 0.74, 1.91 0.471
Household type - - <0.001
Detached house (ref.) - - -
Apartment/condo 0.15 0.10, 0.24 <0.001
Townhouse/semi-detached 0.60 0.43, 0.83 0.002
Trailer home 1.43 0.55, 3.73 0.466
Farm/acreage 6.92 3.17, 15.11 <0.001
Other 1.48 0.47, 4.62 0.505
Prefer not to answer 0.69 0.13, 3.60 0.662

Owner demographics reported here, with other aspects of the model reported in Tables 3, 57.

a

Odds ratio based on the output of mixed logistic regression model.

b

95% confidence interval of the odds ratio.

c

Referent category.

Bolded values indicate significance (p < 0.05).