How pet owners' health has been positively impacted in the UK 2021

Published by Emma Bedford, Sep 8, 2022
According to a survey carried out in the summer of 2021, some 50 percent of respondents from the United Kingdom who said that having a pet impacted their health positively, stated that their mental health had improved. Just over one-third of respondents stated that both their physical and mental health had improved.

Positive health impacts of having a pet in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021

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Release date

2022

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

June and July 2021

Number of respondents

16,140*

Special properties

Cat and dog owners whose health has been impacted positively by having a pet

Supplementary notes

*Total respondents for the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, United States, Brazil, Mexico, China, and Japan.

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Cats and dogs

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