Table 1 |
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Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of non-owners at baseline by dog ownership status at one year follow-up |
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| Characteristic |
% New dog owners Mean (SD) (n = 92) |
% Continuing non-owners Mean (SD) (n = 681) |
p value |
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| Gender (female) |
62.0 |
57.3 |
0.395 |
| Mean age (years) |
39.1 (SD 9.59) |
41.68 (SD 12.48) |
0.021 |
| Born in Australia |
59.3 |
54.1 |
0.342 |
| Marital status |
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| Married/defacto |
75.0 |
84.4 |
0.037 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed |
15.2 |
7.7 |
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| Single |
9.8 |
8.0 |
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| Education |
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| Secondary or less |
38.5 |
38.5 |
0.073 |
| Trade/apprentice/certificate |
45.1 |
35.2 |
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| Bachelor or higher |
16.5 |
26.3 |
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| Work status |
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| Work |
87.0 |
77.2 |
0.036 |
| No work |
12.0 |
15.2 |
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| Retired |
1.1 |
7.7 |
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| Number of hours worked1 |
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| ≤ Half time |
15.3 (16.5) |
10.2 (13.0) |
0.005 |
| >Half time ≤ 38 hrs/week |
23.5 (25.3) |
22.8 (29.2) |
(0.260) |
| >38 hrs/week ≤ 60 hrs/week |
52.9 (57.0) |
40.6 (51.9) |
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| >60 hrs/week |
1.2 (1.3) |
4.6 (5.8) |
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| Not in workforce |
7.1 |
21.8 |
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| Occupation1 |
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| Management/administration |
20.7 (22.2) |
12.8 (16.3) |
0.002 |
| Professional |
26.4 (28.4) |
30.6 (38.8) |
(0.111) |
| Blue collar |
23.0 (24.7) |
13.4 (17.0) |
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| Clerical/sales/service/other |
23.0 (24.7) |
21.9 (27.8) |
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| Not in workforce |
6.9 |
21.3 |
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| Household income |
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| <$49, 999 |
23.8 |
28.1 |
0.859 |
| $50–69,999 |
27.4 |
25.3 |
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| $70–89,999 |
22.6 |
22.4 |
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| $90,000+ |
26.2 |
24.1 |
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| Children living at home <18 years |
61.1 |
48.4 |
0.024 |
| Mean age of children living at home |
7.24 (SD 4.20) |
6.43 (SD 4.54) |
0.219 |
| <18 years |
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| Type of residence |
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| Separate house |
81.5 |
80.2 |
0.652 |
| Semi-attached |
8.7 |
9.6 |
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| Flat/unit |
7.6 |
9.3 |
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| Other |
2.2 |
0.9 |
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1 Results presented within brackets for number of hours worked and occupation excludes those not in the workforce from the sample |
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Cutt et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008 5:17 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-17 |
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