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Article: News and Views; African-American College Students Show Less Attachment to Their Pets Than White College Students
- Article from:
- The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- Article date:
- April 30, 2003
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Sue-Ellen Brown of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee University recently completed an unusual study comparing racial differences in college students' attachment to their pets. The study, which appeared in the journal Society & Animals, found that white students were more likely to have pets than were black students. Also, whites were likely to have more pets and a wider variety of pets than black students.
Also, white students also were found to be significantly more attached to their pets than were black students.
The study concludes that white students who had pets were likely to have twice as many pets as black students, and white students on average had 2.3 different ...