Smyth G B, Dagley K
Australian Horse Industry Council Inc., Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Aust Vet J. 2015 Dec;93(12):433-8. doi: 10.1111/avj.12390.
To obtain information on the demographics of Australian horse owners.
An invitation to participate in an opt-in, internet-based survey was sent to 7000 persons who had registered an email address to receive information from the Australian Horse Industry Council Inc. These horse owners represented approximately 1.75% of the total horse owners in Australia. The survey was available for completion between 1 and 31 July 2009.
There were 3377 (48%) useable responses. The respondents were a self-selected group of approximately 0.85% of the estimated total horse owners in Australia. The overall geographic distribution of respondents was the same as the general population at a state and territory level. In general, respondents were female and aged between 31 and 60 years; most lived in rural areas of Queensland, New South Wales or Victoria; had at least a secondary education, but no formal horse industry qualification; had a higher weekly income if based in a capital city; earned less than 10% of weekly income from horse-related activities; were a member of more than one horse industry organisation; reported an affiliation with one of more than 300 different horse industry organisations; spent 10-30% of their daily time with horses; and preferred to receive information by email.
The responses from this survey of horse owners provided demographic information that was previously unavailable. Horse owners tended to be older than the general population, had a higher level of education attainment, were in higher weekly income brackets and lived mostly in non-metropolitan areas of Australia. Because of the self-selection and small sample size, the results need to be interpreted with caution. Nevertheless, the present results are compatible with other smaller random and non-random surveys of horse owners internationally.
获取有关澳大利亚马匹所有者人口统计学特征的信息。
向7000名已注册电子邮件地址以接收澳大利亚马匹行业理事会信息的人员发送了一份参与基于互联网的选择加入式调查的邀请。这些马匹所有者约占澳大利亚马匹所有者总数的1.75%。该调查于2009年7月1日至31日期间可供完成。
有3377份（48%）可用回复。受访者是澳大利亚估计马匹所有者总数中约0.85%的自我选择群体。在州和领地层面，受访者的总体地理分布与一般人群相同。总体而言，受访者为女性，年龄在31至60岁之间；大多数居住在昆士兰州、新南威尔士州或维多利亚州的农村地区；至少接受过中等教育，但没有正式的马匹行业资格；如果居住在首府城市，每周收入较高；从与马匹相关活动中获得的每周收入不到10%；是不止一个马匹行业组织的成员；报告隶属于300多个不同马匹行业组织中的一个；每天花10%至30%的时间与马匹在一起；并且更喜欢通过电子邮件接收信息。
本次马匹所有者调查的回复提供了以前无法获得的人口统计学信息。马匹所有者往往比一般人群年龄更大，受教育程度更高，每周收入更高，并且大多居住在澳大利亚的非大都市地区。由于自我选择和样本量较小，结果需要谨慎解读。尽管如此，目前的结果与国际上其他针对马匹所有者的较小规模随机和非随机调查结果相符。
