Table 1

Distributions of demographic factors and health status in the study sample

Dog owner and dog walkingDog owner but no dog walkingNon-dog ownerTotal
N38319025503123
Age group
 <65105 (27.4)64 (33.7)677 (26.5)846 (27.1)
 65–6999 (25.8)53 (27.9)546 (21.4)698 (22.4)
 70–7490 (23.5)31 (16.3)544 (21.3)665 (21.3)
 75–7957 (14.9)25 (13.2)453 (17.8)535 (17.1)
 80+32 (8.4)17 (8.9)330 (12.9)379 (12.1)
Gender
 Male165 (43.1)70 (36.8)1113 (43.6)1348 (43.2)
 Female218 (56.9)120 (63.2)1437 (56.4)1775 (56.8)
Education
 Degree54 (14.1)26 (13.7)457 (17.9)537 (17.2)
 A level172 (45.0)83 (43.7)1168 (45.8)1423 (45.6)
 O level46 (12.0)29 (15.3)295 (11.6)370 (11.8)
 No education110 (28.8)52 (27.4)630 (24.7)792 (25.4)
Self-reported health
 Excellent/very good/good322 (84.1)142 (74.7)2144 (84.1)2608 (83.5)
 Fair/poor61 (15.9)48 (25.3)406 (15.9)515 (16.5)