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PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE
Volume 85, Issue 1-2, Pages 23-33Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.12.017
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cat; repeatability; questionnaire; demographics; knowledge; attachment; pet
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The repeatability of a telephone questionnaire on cat-ownership patterns, demographics and attitudes towards homeless cats in a community was evaluated. Randomly selected households (n = 100) within Caldwell, Texas, were included in the study. The response percentage was 84% (100/119) among those contacted and 75% (100/134) among all eligible respondents. Repeatability was measured by administering the same survey twice to the first 100 responding subjects, with an average (range) of 48 (25-64) days between interviews. The survey was initially administered from 6 June to 28 June 2005 and the follow-up survey was administered from 19 July to 11 August 2005. Repeatability for most cat-ownership characteristics was fair to good between the two interviews (kappa 0.47-0.82). Knowledge of companion animals and subject attachment to pet questions had good correlations between the two interviews (r(sp) 0.52 and 0.60, respectively). Subject-demographic questions had excellent repeatability (kappa 0.66-1.00). (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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