Table 2 Social capital scores among the non-dog owners, dog owner non-walkers, and dog owner walkers groups.

From: Dog ownership, dog walking, and social capital

 

Mean (S.D.)

Social cohesion

Activities with neighbours

Non-dog owners

(n = 3099)

3.56 (0.68)

2.19 (0.65)

Dog owner non-walkers

(n = 225)

3.62 (0.64)

2.12 (0.66)a

Dog owner walkers

(n = 282)

3.55 (0.56)

2.27 (0.57)a

  1. aEstimates with the same letter superscript (a) are significantly different between groups at p < 0.05.
  2. Social capital: min = 1, max = 5; Activities with neighbours: min = 1, max = 4; Higher scores indicate more social cohesion and more activities with neighbours.
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