Research Article
A Cross-Sectional Survey to Estimate the Cat Population and Ownership Profiles in a Semirural Area of Central Italy
Table 2
Descriptive and association analysis for cats that lived in urban or rural area.
| | Where the cats live: = 184 (missing = 4) | | | Urban area ( = 58) | Rural area ( = 122) | value |
| | Sex | | | | | Male | 28 (48.3) | 43 (40.2) | 0.316 | | Female | 30 (51.7) | 64 (59.8) | | Missing | 0 | 15 | | | Age in years | | | | | Median (min/max) | 4.5 (0.1/23) | 3.0 (1/21) | 0.768 | | 0–3 | 24 (41.4) | 70 (57.4) | 0.044 | | 4–6 | 17 (29.3) | 34 (27.9) | | >6 | 17 (29.3) | 18 (14.8) | | Missing | 0 | 0 | | | Breed | | | | | European/crossbreed | 54 (93.1) | 116 (96.7) | 0.441 | | Pedigree | 4 (6.9) | 4 (3.3) | | Missing | 0 | 2 | | | Source | | | | | Born in house | 12 (24.5) | 28 (24.4) | 0.999 | | Found/gift | 35 (71.4) | 83 (72.2) | | Adopted/purchased | 2 (4.1) | 4 (3.4) | | Missing | 9 | 7 | | | Neutered | | | | | Yes | 38 (77.5) | 62 (65.9) | 0.151 | | No | 11 (22.5) | 32 (34.1) | | Missing | 9 | 28 | | | Feeding | | | | | Homemade | 2 (3.6) | 6 (4.9) | 0.327 | | Commercial | 26 (47.3) | 70 (57.9) | | Mixed | 27 (49.1) | 45 (37.2) | | Missing | 3 | 1 | | | Veterinarian | | | | | Never | 9 (15.8) | 48 (41.0) | <0.01 | | 1-2 times per year | 34 (59.7) | 41 (35.0) | | 3 or more times per year | 14 (24.5) | 28 (24.0) | | Missing | 1 | 5 | | | Where do they live? | | | | | Indoors | 19 (47.5) | 2 (2.7) | <0.001 | | Outdoors | 21 (52.5) | 73 (97.3) | | Missing | 18 | 47 | | | Household size | = 54 | = 84 | | | 1 person | 4 (8.0) | 5 (6.0) | <0.01 | | 2 persons | 22 (44.0) | 16 (19.3) | | 3 or more persons | 24 (48.0) | 62 (74.7) | | Missing | 4 | 1 | | | Children | | | | | Yes | 12 (25.0) | 27 (32.1) | 0.387 | | No | 36 (75.0) | 57 (67.9) | | Missing | 6 | 0 | |
|
|
Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables.
Data from 142 owners of cats (4 missing).
|
