Table 3.
Human-animal interactions, adults aged 55 + , SHARE Switzerland, 2017
| Pet Bonding | Love | Enjoy | Comp-anion | Care | Talk to | Friend | Happy | Feel | Play | Talk about | Go out | Engage | Expen-sive | Hard- work | Nerves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point estimates and standards errors in parentheses | ||||||||||||||||
| Gender (male) | ||||||||||||||||
| Female | 3.79*** (1.02) | 0.67*** (0.14) | 0.46*** (0.12) | 0.44*** (0.13) | 0.75*** (0.12) | 0.53*** (0.13) | 0.27** (0.13) | 0.39*** (0.12) | 0.35*** (0.13) | 0.23 (0.12) | 0.39*** (0.13) | 0.10 (0.11) | 0.14 (0.12) | 0.02 (0.12) | − 0.13 (0.13) | 0.07 (0.13) |
| Age group (55–64 years) | ||||||||||||||||
| 65–74 years | 2.29* (1,10) | − 0.09 (0.18) | 0.11 (0.18) | 0.10 (0.15) | 0.39* (0.16) | 0.32* (0.16) | 0.18 (0.14) | 0.37** (0.14) | 0.19 (0.17) | 0.31* (0.14) | 0.27 (0.15) | 0.32 (0.18) | 0.38* (0.15) | 0.33* (0.15) | 0.08 (0.16) | 0.04 (0.17) |
| 75 + years | 2.70 (1.45) | − 0.02 (0.23) | 0.05 (0.24) | 0.36 (0.21) | 0.70*** (0.21) | 0.55* (0.23) | 0.38 (0.20) | 0.54** (0.20) | 0.36 (0.22) | 0.37* (0.19) | 0.43* (0.19) | 0.19 (0.22) | 0.26 (0.22) | 0.61** (0.19) | 0.32 (0.20) | − 0.17 (0.22) |
| Partnership status (has a partner) | ||||||||||||||||
| No partner | 2.28 (1.53) | 0.30 (0.20) | 0.34 (0.20) | 0.40 (0.23) | 0.28 (0.18) | 0.31 (0.22) | 0.45 (0.23) | 0.47** (0.18) | 0.08 (0.18) | 0.31 (0.21) | 0.17 (0.19) | 0.11 (0.17) | 0.13 (0.19) | 0.17 (0.16) | − 0.13 (0.17) | − 0.18 (0.18) |
| Language (German CH) | ||||||||||||||||
| French CH | − 4.17** (1.49) | − 0.29 (0.20) | − 0.23 (0.19) | − 0.13 (0.18) | − 0.25 (0.19) | − 0.49** (0.17) | − 0.17 (0.15) | − 0.16 (0.17) | − 0.32 (0.16) | − 0.29 (0.18) | − 0.33 (0.18) | − 0.27 (0.17) | − 0.28 (0.17) | 0.12 (0.15) | 0.68*** (0.15) | 0.23 (0.16) |
| Italian CH | 0.54 (2.49) | 0.19 (0.27) | 0.23 (0.31) | 0.23 (0.34) | 0.47 (0.29) | 0.04 (0.35) | 0.56* (0.26) | − 0.09 (0.27) | − 0.27 (0.22) | 0.06 (0.28) | 0.00 (0.27) | − 0.19 (0.24) | − 0.16 (0.22) | 0.15 (0.26) | 0.10 (0.28) | − 0.88** (0.32) |
| Education (low) | ||||||||||||||||
| Secondary | 0.61 (1.15) | 0.03 (0.19) | 0.11 (0.18) | − 0.15 (0.17) | 0.12 (0.17) | 0.04 (0.19) | − 0.03 (0.16) | 0.00 (0.17) | − 0.18 (0.16) | − 0.25 (0.15) | − 0.15 (0.16) | 0.02 (0.17) | 0.08 (0.16) | − 0.24 (0.17) | − 0.20 (0.18) | − 0.36* (0.17) |
| Tertiary | − 0.60 (1.45) | − 0.08 (0.23) | 0.01 (0.24) | − 0.21 (0.20) | − 0.13 (0.21) | 0.03 (0.25) | − 0.33 (0.19) | − 0.18 (0.21) | − 0.28 (0.20) | − 0.35 (0.18) | − 0.22 (0.21) | − 0.22 (0.21) | − 0.28 (0.22) | − 0.66** (0.23) | − 0.41 (0.22) | − 0.26 (0.21) |
| Make ends meet (easily) | ||||||||||||||||
| Fairly easily | − 1.65 (1.35) | − 0.02 (0.16) | − 0.12 (0.16) | − 0.15 (0.15) | − 0.17 (0.15) | − 0.10 (0.14) | − 0.01 (0.14) | − 0.17 (0.16) | − 0.08 (0.15) | − 0.22 (0.15) | − 0.10 (0.16) | − 0.12 (0.15) | − 0.07 (0.15) | 0.17 (0.14) | 0.19 (0.15) | 0.22 (0.15) |
| With difficulty | 2.61 (1.61) | 0.48* (0.24) | 0.24 (0.23) | 0.33 (0.20) | 0.39 (0.23) | 0.35* (0.24) | 0.47* (0.19) | 0.12 (0.20) | 0.24 (0.23) | 0.23 (0.22) | 0.28 (0.20) | 0.21 (0.23) | 0.21 (0.22) | 0.52* (0.22) | 0.04 (0.21) | − 0.13 (0.20) |
| Employed (no) | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | − 0.18 (1.16) | − 0.17 (0.18) | − 0.04 (0.18) | 0.05 (0.16) | 0.10 (0.16) | − 0.06 (0.17) | − 0.11 (0.15) | 0.02 (0.14) | 0.07 (0.18) | 0.08 (0.15) | − 0.09 (0.16) | − 0.05 (0.18) | − 0.14 (0.16) | 0.04 (0.16) | − 0.09 (0.18) | − 0.30 (0.18) |
| Living area (urban) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rural | − 0.19 (1.13) | − 0.08 (0.16) | 0.09 (0.16) | − 0.11 (0.15) | − 0.04 (0.14) | 0.26 (0.14) | 0.16 (0.14) | 0.03 (0.13) | 0.09 (0.14) | − 0.10 (0.14) | − 0.08 (0.14) | − 0.25 (0.15) | − 0.17 (0.14) | − 0.06 (0.13) | − 0.19 (0.14) | 0.02 (0.16) |
| Type of house (house) | ||||||||||||||||
| Apartment | 1.54 (1.09) | 0.18 (0.15) | 0.27 (0.16) | 0.26* (0.13) | 0.31* (0.13) | 0.28 (0.15) | 0.12 (0.14) | 0.13 (0.13) | 0.28 (0.14) | 0.26 (0.13) | 0.10 (0.13) | − 0.06 (0.16) | − 0.01 (0.14) | 0.02 (0.12) | − 0.09 (0.15) | − 0.11 (0.16) |
| Self-rated health (bad health) | ||||||||||||||||
| Good health | 0.05 (1.61) | 0.10 (0.22) | − 0.00 (0.19) | 0.01 (0.19) | − 0.06 (0.20) | 0.03 (0.21) | − 0.14 (0.25) | 0.00 (0.19) | − 0.04 (0.18) | − 0.08 (0.19) | − 0.02 (0.18) | 0.15 (0.16) | 0.02 (0.17) | 0.29 (0.15) | − 0.08 (0.18) | 0.41* (0.16) |
| Very good/excellent health | − 0.22 (1.66) | − 0.02 (0.21) | − 0.02 (0.20) | − 0.18 (0.19) | − 0.05 (0.20) | − 0.18 (0.22) | − 0.34 (0.23) | − 0.14 (0.20) | − 0.03 (0.18) | − 0.20 (0.19) | 0.10 (0.20) | 0.12 (0.18) | 0.01 (0.19) | 0.23 (0.18) | − 0.52** (0.19) | 0.11 (0.17) |
| Depression | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 0.08 (1.46) | − 0.07 (0.23) | − 0.01 (0.19) | − 0.10 (0.17) | − 0.08 (0.18) | 0.16 (0.17) | − 0.12 (0.20) | 0.24 (0.17) | 0.24 (0.16) | − 0.01 (0.18) | 0.20 (0.20) | − 0.07 (0.19) | 0.11 (0.18) | 0.42** (0.15) | − 0.02 (0.18) | − 0.38* (0.1) |
| Observations | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 529 |
Bold values denote statistical significance at * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001
This table reports the weighted estimates from the order probit model for the statements on human-animal interactions. Point estimates and standards errors in parentheses have the following significance levels: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. Data from SHARE wave 7, release version: 7.1.1