A Cross-Sectional Survey to Estimate the Cat Population and Ownership Profiles in a Semirural Area of Central Italy

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of 184 cats.

			%	Missing
Sex	Male	73	43.2	15
	Female	96	56.8
Neutered	Yes	103	70.5	38
	No	43	29.5
Breed	European Shorthair/crossbreed	174	95.6	2
	Pedigree	8	4.4
Source	Born in house	40	24.0	17
	Found	81	48.5
	Gift	5	3.0
	Adopted	1	0.5
	Purchased	40	24.0
Living environment	Urban area	58	32.2	4
	Rural area	122	67.8
	Indoors	21	18.3	69
	Outdoors	94	81.7
Feeding	Homemade	9	5.0	5
	Commercial	98	54.8
	Mixed	72	40.2
Veterinarian	Never	58	32.5	6
	1-2 times	77	43.3
	3 or more times	43	24.2
Feline Registry	Yes	2	1.1	5
	No	169	94.4
	Do not know	8	4.5