人们真的不太在乎他们的猫比他们的狗吗? 在三个欧洲国家进行的比较研究
Peter Sandøe1,2, Clare Palmer3, Sandra A Corr4
1Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Frontiers in veterinary science
|November 8, 2023
概括
人们比猫更关心狗,但这种差异因国家而异,特别是在英国. 这表明物主人对猫的依恋并不是普遍的现象,影响了猫的兽医服务的可访问性.
科学领域:
- 动物行为比较的动物行为.
- 人与动物的互动.
- 兽医科学是一门兽医科学.
背景情况:
- 之前的研究表明,与狗相比,猫对主人的依恋度和支付猫服务的意愿较低.
- 一项研究表明,这种差异是一种由物行为驱动的普遍现象.
- 之前的研究经常使用方便抽样,并且仅限于单个国家.
研究的目的:
- 调查不同欧洲国家的老板对猫和狗的关怀程度.
- 测试对猫的感知较低的护理是否是一种普遍现象.
- 探索所有者依恋和愿意投资物医疗保健的跨国差异.
主要方法:
- 从丹麦,奥地利和英国的代表性样本中调查了猫和狗主人 (18-89岁).
- 使用了四个指标:莱克辛顿对物依附度 (LAPS),物健康保险持有,愿意支付救命治疗费用以及对兽医护理的期望.
- 分析了猫和狗主人之间的依恋,保险费率,治疗意愿和兽医期望的差异.
主要成果:
- 狗主人始终报告LAPS得分较高,但差异因国家而异,在奥地利和英国较小.
- 虽然保险的狗多于猫,但与丹麦相比,英国的比例偏差较小.
- 对于狗主人来说,愿意为拯救生命的治疗付费的意愿更高,但丹麦的差异比英国更为明显. 英国所有者在兽医护理期望中表现出最小的基于物种的差异.
结论:
- 人们通常比猫更关心狗,但这不是一个普遍的现象,在全国范围内存在显著的差异.
- 在英国,狗和猫在主人照顾方面表现出显著的小差异.
- 这些发现对于为猫主人量身定制兽医服务扩展战略具有实际意义.
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