Demography and determinants of dog and cat ownership in three towns of West Shoa zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Gebremedhin, Endrias Zewdu; Sarba, Edilu Jorga; Getaneh, Abraham Mekebib; Tola, Getachew Kebebew; Endale, Solomon Shiferaw; Marami, Lencho Megersa

doi:10.1186/s12917-020-02699-4

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 5 Logistic regression analysis of determinants for dog ownership in the three study towns

From: Demography and determinants of dog and cat ownership in three towns of West Shoa zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Variables	Category	No. Positive %	Univariable		Multivariable
Variables	Category	No. Positive %	OR (CI)	p-value	OR (CI)	p-value
Town	Gojo	61 (49.6)	1.0		1.0
	Ambo	198 (64.9)	1.9 (1.2, 2.9)	0.004	2.1 (1.3, 3.4)	0.004
	Bako	138 (75.8)	3.2 (1.9, 5.2)	≤0.001	2.6 (1.5, 4.5)	0.001
Ethnic group	Oromo	295 (67.6)	1.0
	Amhara	24 (72.7)	1.3 (0.6, 2.8)	0.548	–	–
	Gurage	10 (76.9)	1.6 (0.4, 5.9)	0.484	–	–
Community type	Peri urban	67 (49.3)	1.0		1.0
Community type	Urban	330 (69.6)	2.4 (1.6, 3.5)	≤0.001	1.8 (1.1, 2.8)	0.012
Owning other animals	No	160 (55.6)	1.0		1.0
Owning other animals	Yes	237 (73.6)	2.2 (1.6, 3.1)	≤0.001	2.5 (1.7, 3.8)	≤0.001
Age of the household in years	36–55	146 (59.3)	1.0		1.0
	18–35	153 (68.6)	1.5 (1.0, 2.2)	0.038	1.6 (1.0, 2.4)	0.033
	> 55	98 (69.5)	1.6 (1.0, 2.4)	0.047	1.6 (1.0, 2.6)	0.048
Gender of the household	Female	59 (49.6)	1.0		1.0
Gender of the household	Male	338 (68.8)	2.2 (1.5, 3.4)	≤0.001	2.3 (1.5, 3.6)	≤0.001
Family size	< 4	144 (61.5)	1.0		1.0
	4–6	108 (64.7)	1.2 (0.8, 1.9)	0.334	–	–
	> 6	145 (69.4)	0.9 (0.6, 1.3)	0.522	–	–
Level of education	Illiterate	55 (60.4)	1.0		1.0
	Primary	100 (62.1)	1.1 (0.6, 1.8)	0.793	0.8 (0.4, 1.5)	0.463
	Secondary	120 (67.4)	1.3 (0.8, 2.3)	0.063	1.0 (0.5, 1.9)	0.968
	University	122 (67.8)	1.4 (0.8, 2.3)	0.231	1.3 (0.7, 2.3)	0.429
Occupation	Farmer	80 (60.2)	1.0		1.0
	Self-emp.	168 (62.0)	1.1 (0.7, 1.6)	0.721	1.0 (0.6, 1.6)	0.894
	Gov. emp.	119 (71.3)	1.6 (1.0, 2.7)	0.044	1.4 (0.9, 2.4)	0.154
	Daily lab.	30 (76.9)	2.2 (1.0,5.0)	0.059	2.7 (1.1, 6.6)	0.025
Religion	Protestant	161 (61.7)	1.0
	Muslim	7 (63.6)	1.1 (0.3, 3.8)	0.896	–	–
	Orthodox	224 (67.5)	1.3 (0.9, 3.8)	0.143	–	–
	Wakefata	5 (83.3)	3.1 (0.4, 27.0)	0.304	–	–
Marital status	Marital	347 (64.7)	1.0
Marital status	Single	50 (67.6)	1.1 (0.7,1.9)	0.632	–	–

Wakefata = Oromo practice of believing in a creator being, Gov. = government, emp. = employee, lab = laborer

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