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

Table 4 Gender- specific and overall prevalence (P_I) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of University College Dublin employees’ 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		P_I (%)	95% CI (%)
Dog owner legal responsibility	Participant characteristics	Yes (n)	No (n)	P_I (%)	95% CI (%)
“Fouling”	Female	422	19	95.7	93.8–97.6
	Male	218	20	91.6	88.1–95.1
	Total	640	39	94.3	92.5–96.0
“Licensing”	Female	400	41	90.7	88.0–93.4
	Male	193	45	81.1	76.1–86.1
	Total	593	86	87.3	84.8–89.8
“Muzzling and Leashing”	Female	393	48	89.1	86.2–92.0
	Male	202	36	84.9	80.3–89.4
	Total	595	84	87.6	85.2–90.1
“Safeguarding Health and Welfare”	Female	325	116	73.7	69.6–77.8
	Male	177	61	74.4	68.8–79.9
	Total	502	177	73.9	70.6–77.2
“Abandonment”	Female	289	152	65.5	61.1–69.9
	Male	154	84	64.7	58.6–70.8
	Total	443	236	65.2	61.7–68.8
“Tail Docking”	Female	301	140	68.3	63.9–72.6
	Male	135	103	56.7	50.4–63.0
	Total	436	243	64.2	60.0–67.8
“Straying”	Female	247	194	56.0	51.4–60.6
	Male	126	112	52.9	46.6–59.3
	Total	373	306	54.9	51.2–58.7
“Identification”	Female	178	263	40.4	35.8–44.9
	Male	66	172	27.7	22.0–33.4
	Total	244	435	35.9	32.3–39.5

“Fouling” – Fouling in a public place; “Licensing” - Licensing of all dogs; “Muzzling and Leashing” – Muzzling and leashing of particular breeds; “Safeguarding health and welfare” - Safeguarding health and welfare of the animal; "Abandonment" - Abandonment of the dog “Tail Docking” – Tail docking of puppies; “Straying” – Straying of an animal; “Identification” – Wearing of identification

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