Demographic and Ecological Survey of Dog Population in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria

Table 4

Chi-square and multivariable logistic regression analysis of vaccination status with individual dog information in Aba, Abia state.

	Vaccination status
Variable	Yes	No	𝜒^2	𝑃 value	Crude OR  (95% CI on OR)	Adjusted OR  (95% CI on OR)  vaccinated dogs	Adjusted OR  (95% CI on OR)  unvaccinated dogs
Breeds of dogs
Exotic	200	182	79.8	0.000	0.42 (0.26–0.68)	2.57 (1.54–4.28)	0.39 (0.23–0.65)
Local	23	113			0.08 (0.04–0.15)	13.30 (7.00–25.27)	0.08 (0.04–0.14)
Cross	75	29			1	1	1
Age of dogs
0–6 months	82	77	22.9	0.000	1.71 (1.16–2.52)	0.75 (0.48–1.17)	1.34 (0.86–2.09)
7–12 months	103	66			2.50 (1.70–3.69)	0.40 (0.25–0.61)	2.55 (1.65–3.94)
	113	181			1	1	1
Reason for; dog ownership
Guard dogs	212	224	8.1	0.018	0.67 (0.40–1.10)	1.55 (0.89–2.69)	0.65 (0.37–1.12)
Sale/breeding	42	69			0.42 (0.24–0.78)	2.43 (1.27–4.65)	0.41 (0.22–0.79)
Pet	44	31			1	1	1
Confinement; of dog
Day	203	192	10.0	0.018	2.91 (1.33–6.45)	0.43 (0.19–1.02)	2.30 (0.98–5.42)
Night	7	5			3.89 (0.98–15.42)	0.35 (0.08–1.55)	2.86 (0.65–12.70)
Day and night	79	102			2.15 (0.95–4.87)	0.55 (0.23–1.34)	1.82 (0.75–4.42)
Allow to roam	9	25			1	1	1
Sex of dogs
Male	188	193	0.81	0.368	1.16 (0.84–1.60)
Female	110	131			1
Source of dog
From own bitch	123	160	4.5	0.104	0.59 (0.30–1.17)
Bought	153	14			0.80 (0.41–1.58)
Received as gift	22	17			1
Total	298	324