Crespo Pablo, Faytong-Haro Marco
Etsy, Inc., 117 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Sociology and Demography Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Nov 2;12(21):3010. doi: 10.3390/ani12213010.
Limited literature explores the relationship between economic impacts and pet ownership. Do people have more pets as a result of economic crises? In the current study, we answer this question by looking at the time series of pet ownership and children present in U.S. households from 2003 to 2018. We utilize a causal inference technique to compare the estimated real trend of pet ownership in American households against the scenario in which the 2007-2008 financial crisis would not have occurred. Our findings suggest that the financial crisis triggered households to own more pets, specifically dogs and cats.
仅有有限的文献探讨了经济影响与宠物饲养之间的关系。经济危机是否导致人们饲养更多宠物？在本研究中，我们通过观察2003年至2018年美国家庭中宠物饲养量和孩子数量的时间序列来回答这个问题。我们运用因果推断技术，将美国家庭宠物饲养量的估计实际趋势与2007-2008年金融危机未发生时的情景进行比较。我们的研究结果表明，金融危机促使家庭饲养更多宠物，特别是狗和猫。
