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

Table 4

Descriptive, univariable, and multivariable logistic analysis of survey participants demographic characteristics.

Owning of cats
	No ( = 342)	Yes ( = 142)	Univariable logistic model		Multivariable logistic model
			OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Gender
Male	145 (43.3)	38 (28.4)	1.9 (1.3–3.0)	<0.01	1.2 (0.6–2.4)	0.094
Female	190 (56.7)	96 (71.6)
Missing	7	8
Age (years)
0–39	91 (26.9)	26 (18.3)	—		—	—
40–59	156 (45.2)	75 (52.8)	1.7 (1.1–2.8)	<0.05	0.7 (0.3–2.4)	0.218
≥60	91 (26.9)	41 (28.9)	1.6 (0.9–2.8)	0.118	0.5 (0.3–1.9)	0.681
Missing	4	0
Marital status
Single	56 (17.7)	18 (12.9)	—	—	—	—
Married	222 (70.0)	94 (67.1)	1.3 (0.7–2.4)	0.354	0.7 (0.3–1.7)	0.923
Separated	22 (6.9)	17 (12.1)	2.4 (1.1–5.5)	<0.05	4.7 (0.3–17.1)	0.277
Widowed	17 (5.4)	11 (7.9)	2.0 (0.8–5.1)	0.139	2.3 (0.6–11.5)	0.263
Missing	25	2
Education level
Elementary school	29 (9.3)	15 (11.2)	—	—
Middle school	94 (30.9)	44 (32.8)	0.9 (0.4–1.9)	0.785
High school	154 (49.6)	51 (38.1)	0.6 (0.3–1.3)	0.211
University	34 (10.9)	24 (17.9)	0.8 (0.6–3.1)	0.454
Missing	31	8
Occupation
Home working	159 (49.8)	64 (46.0)	—	—
Office	99 (31.0)	44 (31.7)	1.1 (0.7–1.7)	0.672
Other	61 (19.2)	31 (22.3)	1.3 (0.8–2.2)	0.380
Missing	23	3
Where the respondent lives
Urban area	117 (59.7)	54 (38.3)	2.8 (1.6–5.1)	<0.001	3.8 (1.8–7.8)	<0.001
Rural area	79 (40.3)	87 (61.7)
Missing	146	1
Household size
1 person	11 (5.4)	9 (6.6)	—	—
2 persons	63 (30.7)	38 (27.7)	0.7 (0.3–1.9)	0.537
3 or more persons	131 (63.9)	90 (65.7)	0.8 (0.3–2.1)	0.710
Missing	137	5
Children
Yes	68 (32.7)	41 (30.1)	0.9 (0.6–1.4)	0.620
No	140 (67.3)	95 (69.9)
Missing	134	6
Other pets
Yes	157 (45.9)	86 (60.6)	1.8 (1.2–2.7)	<0.001	4.3 (2.2–8.5)	<0.001
No	185 (54.1)	56 (39.4)
Missing	0	0