Table 1.

Descriptive statistics/frequencies for demographic/contextual characteristics, stratified by pet ownership status

	Non-Pet Owners	Pet Owners	Dog Owners	Cat Owners	Other Pet Owners	Pet to No Pet	No Pet to Pet
	n = 2,099	n = 5,849	n = 3,032	n = 1,705	n = 301	n = 106	n = 191
	M(SD)	M(SD)	M(SD)	M(SD)	M(SD)	M(SD)	M(SD)
Household Income	6.93 (2.51)	7.87 (1.95)	7.88 (1.92)	7.64 (2.04)	7.62 (2.04)	7.21 (2.31)	7.14 (2.38)
Sex	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Female	1,044 (45.2%)	2,921 (49.9%)	1,533 (50.6%)	896 (52.6%)	163 (51.3%)	48 (45.3%)	105 (55.0%)
Male	1,265 (54.8%)	2,928 (50.1%)	1,499 (49.4%)	809 (47.4%)	155 (48.7%)	58 (54.7%)	86 (45.0%)
Race/Ethnicity
White	1,426 (61.8%)	5,077 (86.8%)	2,640 (87.1%)	1,543 (90.5%)	279 (87.7%)	77 (72.6%)	135 (70.7%)
Black	713 (30.9%)	618 (10.6%)	317 (10.5%)	137 (8.0%)	40 (12.6%)	21 (19.8%)	46 (24.1%)
Asian	218 (9.4%)	386 (6.6%)	200 (6.6%)	103 (6.0%)	15 (4.7%)	9 (8.5%)	15 (7.9%)
Indigenous	52 (2.3%)	210 (3.6%)	121 (4.0%)	64 (3.8%)	12 (3.8%)	3 (2.8%)	7 (3.7%)
Other Race	187 (8.1%)	325 (5.6%)	158 (5.2%)	70 (4.1%)	15 (4.7%)	6 (5.7%)	17 (8.9%)
Hispanic	501 (21.7%)	958 (16.4%)	517 (17.1%)	238 (14.0%)	50 (15.7%)	25 (23.6%)	51 (26.7%)
Education
HS or less	379 (16.4%)	580 (9.9%)	309 (10.2%)	179 (10.5%)	41 (12.9%)	12 (11.3%)	23 (12.0%)
Some College	1,326 (57.4%)	3,463 (59.2%)	1,801 (59.4%)	1,088 (63.8%)	199 (62.6%)	64 (60.4%)	114 (59.7%)
Graduate degree +	601 (26.0%)	1,799 (30.8%)	919 (30.3%)	436 (25.6%)	78 (24.5%)	30 (28.3%)	54 (28.3%)
Experienced scarcity
No scarcity	1,793 (77.7%)	4,936 (84.4%)	2,559 (84.4%)	1,397 (81.9%)	259 (81.4%)	88 (83.0%)	151 (79.1%)
Scarcity	516 (22.3%)	913 (15.6%)	473 (15.6%)	308 (18.1%)	59 (18.6%)	18 (17.0%)	40 (20.9%)
Employment
Not employed	728 (31.5%)	1,424 (24.3%)	719 (23.7%)	436 (25.6%)	84 (26.4%)	31 (29.2%)	51 (26.7%)
Employed	1,547 (67.0%)	4,299 (73.5%)	2,242 (73.9%)	1,219 (71.5%)	222 (69.8%)	74 (69.8%)	135 (70.7%)

Dog, cat, and pet ownership categories are not mutually exclusive