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Table 2 Univariable analysis of household demographic factors associated with daily dog walking

From: Factors associated with daily walking of dogs

Variable

 

<1/day

1+/day

OR

95 % CI

P

n (%)

n (%)

Number of dogs

Single

30 (17.4)

142 (82.6)

1

  
 

Multiple

31 (29.8)

73 (70.2)

0.50

0.28-0.88

0.02

 

Missing

0

0

   

Own a horse

No

57 (21.4)

209 (78.6)

1

  
 

Yes

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

0.41

0.11-1.50

0.18

 

Missing

0

0

   

House type

Detached

35 (20.1)

139 (79.9)

1

  
 

Attached

26 (25.5)

76 (74.5)

0.74

0.41-1.31

0.30

 

Missing

0

0

   

Number of people in household

1-2

15 (11.2)

119 (88.8)

1

  
 

3 or more

46 (32.6)

95 (67.4)

0.26

0.14-0.49

<0.001

 

Missing

0

1

   

Presence of adult males

No

2 (4.9)

39 (95.1)

1

  
 

Yes

59 (25.7)

171 (74.4)

0.15

0.03-0.63

0.01

 

Missing

0

5

   

Presence of adult females

No

1 (9.1)

10 (90.9)

1

  
 

Yes

60 (23.1)

200 (76.9)

0.33

0.04-2.66

0.30

 

Missing

0

5

   

Household age category (see [30])

1 Over 60s

10 (17.5)

47 (82.5)

1

 

0.02

 

2 Families

17 (30.4)

39 (69.6)

0.49

0.20-1.19

0.11

 

3 Families

21 (32.3)

44 (67.7)

0.45

0.19-1.05

0.07

 

4 Singles/couples adult

4 (7.55)

49 (92.5)

2.61

0.76-8.89

0.13

 

5 Young families

4 (26.7)

11 (73.3)

0.59

0.15-2.22

0.43

 

6 Older families

5 (17.2)

24 (82.8)

1.02

0.31-3.33

0.97

 

Missing

0

1

   

Household occupation category (see [30])

1 Sales

7 (53.9)

6 (46.1)

1

 

0.01

 

2 Skilled trade

9 (30.0)

21 (70.0)

2.72

0.71-10.41

0.14

 

3 Administrative and secretarial

9 (25.0)

7 (75.0)

3.50

0.93-13.18

0.06

 

4 Retired

5 (9.1)

50 (90.9)

11.67

2.80-48.57

0.001

 

5 Personal service

3 (10.3)

26 (89.7)

10.11

2.01-50.98

0.001

 

6 Associate professional

11 (30.7)

25 (69.4)

2.65

0.72-9.74

0.14

 

7 Process/plant and machines and elementary

10 (29.4)

24 (70.6)

2.80

0.75-10.45

0.13

 

8 Professional

3 (13.6)

19 (86.4)

7.39

1.44-37.88

0.02

 

9 Managers and senior officials

4 (20.0)

16 (80.0)

4.67

0.99-21.89

0.05

 

Missing

0

1

   

Presence of person unemployed/retired/looking after family

No

37 (22.6)

127 (77.4)

1

  
 

Yes

24 (21.4)

88 (78.6)

1.07

0.60-1.91

0.82

  1. Where cells had zero cases, statistics are not presented, and where cells have only one case, presented statistics should not be considered reliable