thePiperSHIHTZU

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

DOG PEOPLE, CAT PEOPLE

Posted on 06:20 by Unknown
Today I am going to tell you some interesting statistics about dog people and cat people.  I did not make these numbers up, so don't blame me if you don't like them.  I am only reporting the results of a survey from a site called hunch.com, where they ask people all sorts of questions about all sorts of subjects.  I do not know if these are scientific samples of people's opinions or not.  I am just sharing what I read in the survey.


Okay, so Hunch asked 222,651 people if they own pets, and 26% said they only have dogs, 16% said they only have cats,  and 13% had both dogs and cats.  Sadly, 40% of the people in the survey have no pets at all, which I personally think means they are weird and pathetic, and they have very lonely lives.  But that is just my opinion, and it is not part of the official survey.


Anyway, here are the things the survey said about the people who only have dogs:  they are slightly more likely to be male, 50% more likely to be conservative, 28% more likely to be students, 24% more likely to have kids, 30% more likely to live in a rural area, and 28% more likely to own their home.  Also, they are more likely to live in North or South America.


The people who only have cats are:  slightly more likely to be women, more likely to be liberal, 17% more likely to have a graduate degree, 29% more likely to live in the city, and 29% more likely to rent their home.  And more of them live in Europe or Oceania.

Oh, and by the way, people who have both dogs and cats are kind of in the middle between the dog people and cat people on all the questions in the survey.


Other stuff we can learn from this survey about dog-only people is that they are:
15% more likely to be extroverts;
36% more likely to be active outdoors;
18% more likely to consider Paul McCartney their favorite Beatle;
23% more likely to use an iPhone;
and their favorite TV shows are Curb Your Enthusiasm, American Idol, and Everybody Loves Raymond.



What we can learn about cat-only people is that they are:
11% more likely to be introverts;
27% more likely to prefer individual sports to team sports;
25% more likely to think of George Harrison as their favorite Beatle;
7% more likely to be Android users;
and their favorite TV shows are CSI, Damages, and Real Time With Bill Maher.

The people who have both dogs and cats are mostly female, aged 25-49, suburbanites, politically middle-of-the-road, and described as original and unique.

And finally, the poor, deprived people with no pets tend to be male, aged 18-34, city dwellers, politically liberal, and optimists who are described as successful and admirable.

I don't know who is doing the describing of these people.  Maybe it is the way they describe themselves, and if so, we don't know how honest these people are being, but we just have to take their word for it if they say they are admirable or unique or whatever.  Anyway, the small print at the bottom of the survey says that these statistics come from more than 80 million answers to questions on the Hunch website that were collected between March 2009 and June 2011.

And what this means, like I said before, is that I did not make these numbers up.  I am just reporting them, and you shouldn't get mad at me and say they are all wrong if you don't agree with them.  I just hope you thought they were interesting, like I did, which is why I am sharing them with you.
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Posted in | No comments
Newer Post Older Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • AN OLD, ABANDONED SCHOOL
    Not too long ago, Mom went to a part of town called Blue Summit, and she had never been there before, so she drove around some, just to see ...
  • "The Meet at Blagdon"
    It's time for me to write about another one of those placemats that Mom bought at an estate sale.  You know the ones I mean:  the placem...
  • THE DOGUE DE BORDEAUX
    I think these dogs look very sad and grumpy all the time, but I guess they can't help how they look.  They also drool and snore, but the...
  • SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S CATS
    You've probably heard of Sir Winston Churchill because he was a famous British person who was the Prime Minister during World War II.  W...
  • BOA CONSTRICTORS
    There are a lot of snakes called "boas," and what they all have in common is they wrap themselves around their prey and squish it ...
  • AN ARTIST NAMED CHARLES BURTON BARBER
    A long time ago, back in June, when Aunt Cheryl was visiting us, Mom bought a framed print at a thrift store for $15.  This print is one of ...
  • PICASSO'S DOG
    Pablo Picasso was an artist who painted really weird pictures, but we can forgive him for that because he also really loved dogs.  In fact, ...
  • ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S DOGS
    Elizabeth Taylor was a beautiful and famous actress who loved dogs and horses and also other animals, such as cats.  Last week Ms. Taylor di...
  • HOW MANY CATS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A CLOWDER?
    Well, first of all, I would like to thank everybody who said they liked my "Ode to Summer" poem that I posted yesterday.  I don...
  • THE SHAPES OF DOGGY EARS
    If you have looked at very many dogs, which I hope you have, you may have noticed that their ears come in lots of different shapes and sizes...

Blog Archive

  • ►  2013 (92)
    • ►  August (5)
    • ►  July (11)
    • ►  June (10)
    • ►  May (12)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (14)
    • ►  February (14)
    • ►  January (12)
  • ►  2012 (177)
    • ►  December (13)
    • ►  November (12)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (13)
    • ►  August (12)
    • ►  July (14)
    • ►  June (14)
    • ►  May (17)
    • ►  April (16)
    • ►  March (17)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (18)
  • ▼  2011 (231)
    • ►  December (19)
    • ►  November (19)
    • ►  October (21)
    • ▼  September (20)
      • CHLOE'S BIG ADVENTURE!
      • DOGS WHO GET STOLEN
      • TOTO
      • A Dog Named Hobo
      • GIANT AFRICAN SNAILS
      • ALL THE LATEST NEWS!
      • Hi! I'm JACEN!
      • DOG PEOPLE, CAT PEOPLE
      • BULL TERRIERS
      • NEOTENY
      • KITTEN JACEN
      • MY LATEST ADVENTURES, by Nicky
      • A Dog Named Roselle
      • WOOLLY RHINOS
      • BUGS BUNNY
      • Goodbye, Carson......Hello, Jacen!
      • POOR LITTLE CARSON!
      • FUNNY PEOPLE NAMES
      • FINNISH LAPPHUNDS
      • "I AM CARSON," as told to Piper
    • ►  August (20)
    • ►  July (22)
    • ►  June (20)
    • ►  May (22)
    • ►  April (21)
    • ►  March (22)
    • ►  February (20)
    • ►  January (5)
Powered by Blogger.