Fig. 5: Association between dog owners’ life-quality and their perceptions of their dog’s life-quality and behavior.
From: Human–dog relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: booming dog adoption during social isolation
a Frequencies of participants’ answers regarding their concern for their own health on a scale of 1–5. b Frequencies of participants’ answers regarding their stress level on a scale of 1–5. c Frequencies of participants’ answers regarding their personal economic damage on a scale of 1–5. d Index of the impaired quality of life of the owner, based on the data presented in panels a–c. e Results of Logistic Regression model for dog’s parameters by the increased impaired quality of life of the owners, as reported by the owner; quality of life of the dog (round dot), development of dog behavioral problems (square), and the intention of the owner to abandon the dog (triangular). Data are presented as odds ratios and its 95% confidence interval (bars); P < 0.05 when the 95% confidence interval does not cross the horizontal dotted line.
