An empirical examination of the conceptualization of companion animals

BMC Psychology

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the samples, percentages

		Dog questionnaire		Cat questionnaire
		(n = 1267)		(n = 760)
Number of animals in household
0	…dogs	20	…cats	23
≥ 1	…dog	80	…cat	77
1	…dogs	41	…cats	32
2	…dogs	23	…cats	23
≥ 3	…dogs	13	…cats	18
N/A		3		4
Both cat and dog in household		31		13
Do not keep but has
…previously kept a	…a dog^a	71	… a cat^a	83
…have thought of keeping	…a dog^a	70	… a cat^a	66
Age, years
20–29		17		14
30–39		12		10
40–49		16		18
50–65		37		38
> 65		11		12
N/A		7		8
Gender
Female		86		86
Male		7		6
N/A		7		8
Persons in household
1		17		21
2		41		39
3–4		27		26
> 4		8		6
N/A		7		8
Children in household
Yes		31		30
No		62		62
N/A		7		8

Percentage in proportion of total sample except otherwise noted, ^aare proportion of respondents not keeping a dog (or cat) who answered whether or not previously kept and whether or not have been thinking of keeping, respectively

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