Table 1. Socio-demographic Characteristics of Households That Participated in the Study.
| Total N (%) | Own dog N (%) | P-value | Households allowing at least one dog to roam freely N (%) | P-value | Has anybody living in this household been bitten by a dog in 2019? (Jan—Dec 2019) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 727 | 393 (54.1) | 122 (31.0) | 64 (8.8) | ||||
| Income (PHP/month) | ||||||||
| Less than 50 000 | 84 (11.6) | 50 (59.5) | 0.16 | 16 (32.0) | 0.28 | 6 (7.2) | 0.12 | |
| 50 000–150 000 | 298 (41.0) | 146 (49.0) | 50 (34.3) | 32 (10.7) | ||||
| 151 000–250 000 | 156 (21.5) | 90 (57.7) | 31 (34.4) | 16 (10.3) | ||||
| more than 251 000 | 94 (12.9) | 57 (60.6) | 11 (19.3) | 2 (2.1) | ||||
| Unknown or declined to answer | 95 (13.1) | 50 (52.6) | 14 (28.0) | 8 (8.4) | ||||
| Education status of respondents** | ||||||||
| None | 58 (8.0) | 32 (55.2) | 0.03 | 14 (43.8) | 0.03 | 6 (10.3) | 0.91 | |
| Primary education | 220 (30.3) | 113 (51.4) | 43 (38.1) | 19 (8.6) | ||||
| Secondary education | 296 (40.8) | 149 (50.3) | 43 (28.9) | 24 (8.1) | ||||
| Post-secondary education | 152 (20.9) | 98 (64.5) | 22 (22.5) | 15 (9.9) | ||||
| Household size | ||||||||
| Less than 3 | 245 (33.7) | 122 (49.8) | 0.18 | 36 (29.5) | 0.72 | 16 (6.5) | <0.01 | |
| 4–6 | 370 (50.9) | 204 (55.1) | 67 (32.8) | 26 (7.0) | ||||
| more than 7 | 112 (15.4) | 67 (59.8) | 19 (28.4) | 22 (19.8) | ||||
| Municipality | ||||||||
| Barangay A, Calumpit | 127 (17.5) | 72 (56.7) | 0.09 | 18 (25.0) | <0.01 | 15 (11.9) | 0.39 | |
| Barangay B, Pulilan | 118 (16.2) | 66 (55.9) | 27 (40.9) | 8 (6.8) | ||||
| Barangay C, Paombong | 116 (16.0) | 71 (61.2) | 34 (47.9) | 9 (7.8) | ||||
| Barangay D, Bulakan | 126 (17.3) | 71 (56.4) | 17 (23.9) | 14 (11.1) | ||||
| Barangay E, Hagonoy | 123 (16.9) | 63 (51.2) | 13(20.6) | 12 (9.8) | ||||
| Barangay F, Guiguinto | 117 (16.1) | 50 (42.7) | 13 (26.0) | 6 (5.1) | ||||
* 1 missing value
** 3 missing values