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Table 5 Gender specific and overall prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of University College Dublin employees’ 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

7

434

1.6

0.6–3.2a

Male

9

229

3.8

1.7–7.1a

Total

16

663

2.4

1.4–3.8a

1

Female

5

436

1.1

0.4–2.6a

Male

4

234

1.7

0.5–4.2a

Total

9

670

1.3

0.6–2.5a

2

Female

7

434

1.6

0.6–3.2a

Male

12

226

5.0

2.6–8.6a

Total

19

660

2.8

1.7–4.3a

3

Female

31

410

7.0

4.8–9.8a

Male

23

215

9.7

6.2–14.1a

Total

54

625

8.0

6.0–10.2a

4

Female

56

385

12.7

9.7–16.2

Male

30

208

12.6

8.7–17.5

Total

86

593

12.7

10.3–15.4

5

Female

68

373

15.4

12.2–19.1

Male

30

208

12.6

8.7–17.5

Total

98

582

14.4

11.9–17.3

6

Female

79

362

17.9

14.4–21.8

Male

39

199

16.4

11.9–21.7

Total

118

561

17.4

14.6–20.4

7

Female

99

342

22.4

18.6–26.6

Male

58

180

24.4

19.1–30.3

Total

157

522

23.1

20.0–26.5

8

Female

89

352

20.2

16.5–24.2

Male

33

205

13.9

9.7–18.9

Total

122

557

18.0

15.2–21.1

  1. a95% Confidence Intervals calculated using exact methods