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Table 5 Factors associated with attachment to favourite pet (CENSHARE Pet Attachment Scale total score; lower=more attached)

From: Pet ownership, dog types and attachment to pets in 9–10 year old children in Liverpool, UK

Outcome (predictor variable)

Mean score

Crude Coef

Crude SECoef

Crude P

Adjusted* Coef

Adjusted* SECoef

Adjusted P

Attachment score

       

Pet type

       

   Cat

56.28

      

   Dog

49.09

−7.21

1.94

<0.001

−6.45

2.09

0.002

   Horse

52.13

−4.15

5.02

0.41

−10.90

7.75

0.16

   Rabbit

54.53

−1.75

3.51

0.62

−2.45

3.91

0.53

   Rodent

56.62

0.34

2.74

0.90

1.19

3.00

0.69

   Fish

79.46

23.18

2.83

<0.001

25.64

3.03

<0.001

   Other

72.07

15.79

3.96

<0.001

16.88

5.66

0.003

Gender

       

   Male

54.7

      

   Female

55.0

0.34

1.70

0.84

0.13

1.53

0.93

Ethnicity

       

   White

54.5

      

   Non-white

55.6

1.10

3.13

0.73

−0.47

2.72

0.86

Sibling status

       

   Neither

58.14

      

   Single

50.43

−7.71

2.60

0.003

−9.44

2.57

<0.001

   Youngest

52.46

−5.68

1.76

0.001

−3.16

1.62

0.05

Deprivation score

-

−0.06

0.04

0.18

0.03

0.04

0.49

  1. *n=298.