Pets and Human Health in Germany and Australia: National Longitudinal Results

Autor/inn/en	Headey, Bruce; Grabka, Markus M.
Titel	Pets and Human Health in Germany and Australia: National Longitudinal Results
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 80 (2007) 2, S.297-311 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-005-5072-z
Schlagwörter	Marital Status; Academic Achievement; Social Sciences; Foreign Countries; Animals; Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Surveys; Health; Case Studies; Sex; Age; Income; Interviews; Social Indicators; Australia; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienstand; Schulleistung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Ausland; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Gesundheit; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Alter; Lebensalter; Einkommen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Australien; Deutschland
Abstract	The German and Australian "longitudinal" surveys analysed here are the first national representative surveys to show that (1) people who continuously own a pet are the healthiest group and (2) people who cease to have a pet or never had one are less healthy. Most previous studies which have claimed that pets confer health benefits were "cross-sectional." So they were open to the objection that owners may have been healthier in the first place, rather than becoming healthier due to owning a pet. In both countries the data show that pet owners make about 15% fewer annual doctor visits than non-owners. The relationship remains statistically significant after controlling for gender, age, marital status, income and other variables associated with health. The German data come from the German Socio-Economic Panel in which respondents have been interviewed every year since 1984 (N = 9723). Australian data come from the Australian National Social Science Survey 2001 (N = 1246). (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10