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Table 3 Gender-Dog ownership status specific, and overall prevalence (PM) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of University College Dublin employees with awareness that multiple (zero to eight) responsibilities of dog owners are prescribed by law in Ireland

From: Self-reported awareness of the legal status of eight responsibilities of dog owners in Ireland: are dog owners different from non-dog owners?

Number of dog owner legal responsibilities (M)

Participant characteristics

Awareness of exactly M legal responsibilities

PM (%)

95% CI (%)

Yes (n)

No (n)

0

Female

Owner

1

215

0.5

0.01–2.6a

Non-Owner

6

219

2.7

1.0–5.7a

Male

Owner

2

109

1.8

0.2–6.4a

Non-Owner

7

120

5.5

2.2–11.0a

  

Total

16

663

2.4

1.4–3.8a

1

Female

Owner

1

215

0.5

0.01–2.6a

Non-Owner

4

221

1.8

0.5–4.5a

Male

Owner

1

110

0.9

0.02–4.9a

Non-Owner

3

124

2.4

0.5–6.7a

  

Total

9

670

1.3

0.6–2.5a

2

Female

Owner

2

214

0.9

0.1–3.3a

Non-Owner

5

220

2.2

0.7–5.1a

Male

Owner

  7

104

6.3

2.6–12.6a

Non-Owner

5

122

3.9

1.3–8.9a

  

Total

19

660

2.8

1.7–4.3a

3

Female

Owner

18

198

8.3

5.0–12.9a

Non-Owner

13

212

5.8

3.1–9.7a

Male

Owner

8

103

7.2

3.2–13.7a

Non-Owner

15

112

11.8

6.8–18.7a

  

Total

54

625

7.9

6.0–10.2a

4

Female

Owner

25

191

11.6

7.6–16.6

Non-Owner

31

194

13.8

9.6–19.0

Male

Owner

13

98

11.7

6.4–19.2

Non-Owner

17

110

13.4

8.0–20.6

  

Total

86

593

12.7

10.3–15.4

5

Female

Owner

30

186

13.9

9.6–19.2

Non-Owner

38

187

16.9

12.2–22.4

Male

Owner

14

97

12.6

7.1–10.3

Non-Owner

16

111

12.6

7.4–19.7

  

Total

98

577

14.4

11.9–17.4

6

Female

Owner

44

172

20.4

15.2–26.4

Non-Owner

35

190

15.6

11.1–21.0

Male

Owner

18

93

16.2

9.9–24.4

Non-Owner

21

106

16.5

10.5–24.2

  

Total

118

561

17.4

14.6–20.4

7

Female

Owner

54

162

25.0

19.4–31.3

Non-Owner

45

180

20.0

15.0–25.8

Male

Owner

33

78

29.7

21.4–39.1

Non-Owner

25

102

19.7

13.2–27.7

  

Total

157

522

23.1

20.0–26.5

8

Female

Owner

41

175

18.9

14.0–24.9

Non-Owner

48

177

21.3

16.2–27.3

Male

Owner

15

96

13.5

7.8–21.3

Non-Owner

18

109

14.2

8.6–21.5

  

Total

122

557

17.9

15.1–20.9

  1. a95% Confidence Intervals calculated using exact methods