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Table 1 Demographic data included in the telephone questionnaire

From: Demographic Data of a Population of Insured Swedish Dogs Measured in a Questionnaire Study

Questions about the owner

Questions about the dog

Name

Name and registration number

Address

Breed

County

Sex

Number of adults in the household (≥18 years)

Date of birth

Age of each adult

Neuter status

- Neutered or intact, age at neutering if neutered

Number of adults in the household

Age when owner got possession of the dog

Age of each child

Type of place where the dog was bought

- Breeder, owner is also the breeder, friend, other

Employment/Retired/Other type

Price paid for the dog

Purpose of dog ownership

- Company, dog exhibitions, breeding, hunting, obedience, tracking, searching on humans, guarding, herding, other

Weight of the dog

Number of dogs in the household

Subjective judgement of body condition by dog owner

-normal, thinner or heavier than normal

Other animals in the household

- Dogs, cats, other animals and numbers

Size of pure-bred dog compared to standard

- small, normal, large

 

Present disease of the dog

- Yes/no, and diseases as open questions

 

Previous disease of the dog

- Yes/no, and diseases as open questions