Table 2.

The demographic characteristics of the dog owner survey participants.

Characteristics	Groups	Participants number (out of 1,693)	Percentage (%)
Age (years)	18–24	212	12.6
	25–34	410	24.3
	35–44	350	20.7
	45–54	379	22.4
	55–64	233	13.8
	>65	105	6.2
	Missing	4	–
Gender	Male	155	9.2
	Female	1,519	90.3
	Other	8	0.5
	Missing	11	–
BMI (kg/m^2)	Overweight	706	53.2
	Not overweight	622	46.8
	Missing	365	–
People in household	1	255	15.1
	2	783	46.2
	3	314	18.5
	4	328	19.4
	>4	13	0.8
	Missing	0	–
Children under 16 years of age in household	Yes	314	18.7
	No	1,365	81.3
	Missing	14	–
Marital status	Married	704	42.1
	Living with a partner	401	24.0
	Divorced/Separated	141	8.4
	Widowed	25	1.5
	Never married	402	24.0
	Missing	20	–
Educational status	University Higher Degree (e.g., MSc, PhD)	313	19.4
	First degree level qualification including foundation degrees, Graduate membership of a professional institute, PGCE	507	31.4
	Diploma in Higher Education	219	13.6
	Teaching qualification (excluding PGCE)	27	1.7
	Nursing or other medical qualification not yet mentioned	63	3.9
	A Level	177	11.0
	Welsh Baccalaureate	0	0.0
	AS Level	16	1.0
	Higher Grade/Advanced Higher (Scotland)	24	1.5
	Certificate of sixth year studies	6	0.4
	GCSE/O Level	214	13.2
	GSE	33	2.0
	Standard/Ordinary (O) Grade / Lower (Scotland)	6	0.4
	Other school (including School leaving exam certificate or matriculation)	11	0.7
	None of the above	0	0.0
	Missing	77	-
Work status	Work for wage, payment or profit	1,274	76.7
	Unpaid work	48	2.9
	Retired	144	8.7
	Home duties	54	3.2
	Unemployed	142	8.5
	Missing	31	–
Mental health diagnosis	Yes	678	40.2
	No	960	56.9
	Do not wish to say	49	2.9
	Missing	6	-
Physical disability or chronic disease	Yes	350	20.8
	No	1,319	78.2
	Do not wish to say	17	1.0
	Missing	7	–