Table 2 Gender-dog ownership status specific, and overall prevalence (PI) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of University College Dublin employees with awareness that individual responsibilities of dog owners are prescribed by law in Ireland
Dog owner legal responsibility | Participant characteristics | Awareness of dog owner legal responsibility | PI (%) | 95% CI (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n) | No (n) | |||||
“Fouling” | Female | Owner | 210 | 6 | 97.2 | 95.0–99.4 |
Non-Owner | 212 | 13 | 94.2 | 91.2–97.3 | ||
Male | Owner | 105 | 6 | 94.6 | 90.4–98.8 | |
Non-Owner | 113 | 14 | 89.0 | 83.5–94.4 | ||
Total | 640 | 39 | 94.3 | 92.5–96.0 | ||
“Licensing” | Female | Owner | 207 | 9 | 95.8 | 93.2–98.5 |
Non-Owner | 193 | 32 | 85.8 | 81.2–90.3 | ||
Male | Owner | 95 | 16 | 85.6 | 79.1–92.1 | |
Non-Owner | 98 | 29 | 77.2 | 69.9–84.5 | ||
Total | 593 | 86 | 87.3 | 84.8–89.8 | ||
“Muzzling and Leashing” | Female | Owner | 201 | 15 | 93.1 | 89.7–96.5 |
Non-Owner | 192 | 33 | 85.3 | 80.7–90.0 | ||
Male | Owner | 98 | 13 | 88.3 | 82.3–94.3 | |
Non-Owner | 104 | 23 | 81.9 | 75.2–88.6 | ||
Total | 595 | 84 | 87.6 | 85.2–90.1 | ||
“Safeguarding Health and Welfare” | Female | Owner | 156 | 60 | 72.2 | 66.3–78.2 |
Non-Owner | 169 | 56 | 75.1 | 69.5–80.8 | ||
Male | Owner | 88 | 23 | 79.3 | 71.7–86.8 | |
Non-Owner | 89 | 38 | 70.1 | 62.1–78.0 | ||
Total | 502 | 177 | 73.9 | 70.6–77.2 | ||
“Abandonment” | Female | Owner | 138 | 78 | 63.9 | 57.5–70.3 |
Non-Owner | 151 | 74 | 67.1 | 61.0–73.3 | ||
Male | Owner | 72 | 39 | 64.9 | 56.0–73.8 | |
Non-Owner | 82 | 45 | 64.6 | 56.3–72.9 | ||
Total | 443 | 236 | 65.2 | 61.7–68.8 | ||
“Tail Docking” | Female | Owner | 160 | 56 | 74.1 | 68.2–79.9 |
Non-Owner | 141 | 84 | 62.7 | 56.4–69.0 | ||
Male | Owner | 71 | 40 | 64.0 | 55.0–72.9 | |
Non-Owner | 64 | 63 | 50.4 | 41.7–59.1 | ||
Total | 436 | 243 | 64.2 | 60.6–67.8 | ||
“Straying” | Female | Owner | 129 | 87 | 59.7 | 53.2–66.3 |
Non-Owner | 118 | 107 | 52.4 | 45.9–59.0 | ||
Male | Owner | 63 | 48 | 56.8 | 47.5–66.0 | |
Non-Owner | 63 | 64 | 49.6 | 40.9–58.3 | ||
Total | 373 | 306 | 54.9 | 51.2–58.7 | ||
“Identification” | Female | Owner | 78 | 138 | 36.1 | 29.7–42.5 |
Non-Owner | 100 | 125 | 44.4 | 38.0–50.9 | ||
Male | Owner | 28 | 83 | 25.2 | 17.2–33.3 | |
Non-Owner | 38 | 89 | 29.9 | 22.0–37.9 | ||
Total | 244 | 435 | 35.9 | 32.3–39.5 | ||