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Table 4 Awareness of diseases transmissible between animals and people, and knowledge of zoonosis/zoonotic disease(s) among 150 individuals according to their gender, nationality, residence, profession and previous affection by a zoonotic disease

From: Awareness of zoonotic diseases and parasite control practices: a survey of dog and cat owners in Qatar

Variable/category

Percentage (no.) of positive responses

Aware of diseases transmissible between animals and people

Heard of zoonosis/zoonotic disease(s)

Gender

  

 Female

57.4 (54)

12.8 (12)

 Male

48.2 (27)

10.7 (6)

Nationality

  

 Qatari

37.5 (9)

4.2 (1)

 Other

57.1 (72)

13.5 (17)

Residencea

  

 Doha

50.0 (65)

10.8 (14)

 Outside

78.8 (14)

22.2 (4)

Profession

 

P = 0.027a

 Health-related

81.2 (13)

31.2 (5)

 Other

50.7 (68)

9.7 (13)

Previous zoonotic disease

P = 0.016b

 

 Yes

92.3 (12)

15.4 (2)

 No

50.4 (69)

11.7 (16)

Total

54.0 (81)

12.0 (18)

  1. aFisher’s exact test (accounted only for 148 individuals)
  2. bχ2 = 5.77, df = 1. Only statistically significant differences are shown