Carnegie Mellon University

Pet Ownership

Title

Pet Ownership Questionnaire

Study

PMBC

Primary Reference

Unpublished

Purpose

To determine the type and importance of pets owned by participants

Description

The 3-item scale is comprised of closed- and open-ended questions regarding pet ownership status, type of pet(s) owned, and importance of pet(s) to the respondent.

Number of Items

3

Items/Scaling

  • Are you currently a pet owner?
  • What types of pets do you have?
  • Would you say your pets are……

               1=extremely important to you

               2=very important to you

               3=fairly important to you

               4=not too important to you

               5=not at all important to you

Scoring

Not available

Psychometrics

Not applicable