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Health Benefits and Health Cost Savings Due to Pets: Preliminary Estimates from an Australian National Survey

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  • Bruce Headey, 1999. "Health Benefits and Health Cost Savings Due to Pets: Preliminary Estimates from an Australian National Survey," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 47(2), pages 233-243, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:47:y:1999:i:2:p:233-243
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1006892908532
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    1. Kenta Miyake & Kumiko Kito & Ayaka Kotemori & Kazuto Sasaki & Junpei Yamamoto & Yuko Otagiri & Miho Nagasawa & Sayaka Kuze-Arata & Kazutaka Mogi & Takefumi Kikusui & Junko Ishihara, 2020. "Association between Pet Ownership and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-18, May.
    2. Bruce Headey & Markus Grabka, 2007. "Pets and Human Health in Germany and Australia: National Longitudinal Results," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 80(2), pages 297-311, January.
    3. Paul W.C. Wong & Rose W.M. Yu & Joe T.K. Ngai, 2019. "Companion Animal Ownership and Human Well-Being in a Metropolis—The Case of Hong Kong," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-14, May.
    4. Helen Peterson & Kristina Engwall, 2019. "“ Why Would You Want a Baby When You Could Have a Dog ?” Voluntarily Childless Women’s “Peternal” Feelings, Longing and Ambivalence," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-15, April.
    5. I. Audran & Jean-Marc Ferrandi & Nathalie Fleck-Dousteyssier, 2023. "Des influenceurs qui ont du chien ? Conditions d’efficacité de l’utilisation de chiens sur les réseaux sociaux," Post-Print hal-04381439, HAL.
    6. Ferran Marsa-Sambola & Janine Muldoon & Joanne Williams & Alistair Lawrence & Melanie Connor & Candace Currie, 2016. "The Short Attachment to Pets Scale (SAPS) for Children and Young People: Development, Psychometric Qualities and Demographic and Health Associations," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 9(1), pages 111-131, March.
    7. Bruce Headey & Fu Na & Richard Zheng, 2008. "Pet Dogs Benefit Owners’ Health: A ‘Natural Experiment’ in China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 87(3), pages 481-493, July.
    8. Paul A.M. Overgaauw & Claudia M. Vinke & Marjan A.E. van Hagen & Len J.A. Lipman, 2020. "A One Health Perspective on the Human–Companion Animal Relationship with Emphasis on Zoonotic Aspects," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-29, May.
    9. Huang, Donna & Stone, Wendy & Power, Emma & Tually, Selina & James, Amity & Faulkner, Debbie & Goodall, Zoë & Buckle, Caitlin, 2021. "Housing and housing assistance pathways with companion animals: risks, costs, benefits and opportunities," SocArXiv ymkqj, Center for Open Science.
    10. Mieke Rijken & Sandra Beek, 2011. "About Cats and Dogs … Reconsidering the Relationship Between Pet Ownership and Health Related Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Elderly," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 102(3), pages 373-388, July.
    11. Bruce Headey & Markus M. Grabka, 2004. "The Relationship between Pet Ownership and Health Outcomes: German Longitudinal Evidence," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 434, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    12. Svenja Damberg & Lena Frömbling, 2022. "“Furry tales”: pet ownership’s influence on subjective well-being during Covid-19 times," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(5), pages 3645-3664, October.
    13. Clément Meier & Jürgen Maurer, 2022. "Buddy or burden? Patterns, perceptions, and experiences of pet ownership among older adults in Switzerland," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1201-1212, December.
    14. Jessica Saunders & Layla Parast & Susan H Babey & Jeremy V Miles, 2017. "Exploring the differences between pet and non-pet owners: Implications for human-animal interaction research and policy," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(6), pages 1-15, June.
    15. Rebecca Utz, 2014. "Walking the Dog: The Effect of Pet Ownership on Human Health and Health Behaviors," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 116(2), pages 327-339, April.

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