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Table 3 Summary of results from the public survey by telephone directory area, prior to Bayesian estimation.

From: Estimation of the number and demographics of companion dogs in the UK

Phonebook area

Response rate

Number of dog owning households out of 30

Number of dogs

Percentage of households with a dog (%)

Mean dogs (± SE) per dog owning household

Aberdeen and Shetland

35.33

12

14

23.00

1.17 ± 0.05

Bath and West Wiltshire

29.70

8

10

27.00

1.25 ± 0.06

Blackpool and the Fylde

31.91

4

7

13.00

1.80 ± 0.26

Bromley and Orpington

38.46

3

3

10.00

1.00 ± 0.00

Central and South Wales

35.58

20

29

67.00

1.45 ± 0.06

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

65.22

10

13

33.00

1.33 ± 0.19

Durham and Wearside

37.04

4

7

13.00

1.30 ± 0.05

Glasgow South

31.25

7

14

23.00

1.75 ± 0.24

Hemel Hempstead

60.00

5

7

17.00

2.00 ± 0.32

Huddersfield

51.72

5

7

17.00

1.40 ± 0.11

Liverpool

40.67

7

7

23.00

1.40 ± 0.18

Manchester Central

44.12

3

5

10.00

1.00 ± 0.00

Milton Keyes

37.04

6

11

20.00

1.67 ± 0.19

Nottingham

31.91

8

9

27.00

1.83 ± 0.19

Salisbury

33.71

8

16

27.00

1.00 ± 0.00

Stratford-upon-Avon

34.88

6

15

20.00

1.00 ± 0.00

Walsall, Cannock and Lichfield

30.41

6

7

20.00

2.50 ± 0.53

Total

37.08

122

181

23.92

1.47 ± 0.02

  1. For each area a quota of 30 calls were made.