Cat personality and predation survey

Dataset for the article "Pet cat personality linked to owner-reported predation frequency " https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9651
It contains survey data of French cats owners. We surveyed a large sample of cat owners living in France and estimated the personality traits of their cats using the Feline Five personality model of Litchfield et al. (2017) as well as the frequency of birds and mammals returned home by the cats as reported by their owners. To control for potential confounding factors, we also included questions about variables previously shown to influence pet cat predation: type of environment around the home, time spent outdoors, individual characteristics, and breed.

Variable Values Meaning
Sexe M/F male/female
Age Moinsde1/1a2/2a10/Plusde10 Less than 1 year/ 1-2 years/ 2-10 years/ More than 10 years/
Race BEN/SBI/BRI/CHA/EUR/MCO/PER/RAG/SPH/ORI/TUV/ Autre/NSP Bengal/ Birman/ British Shorthair/ Chartreux / European/ Maine coon / Persian/ Ragdoll/ Savannah / Sphynx/ Siamese/ Turkish angora / No breed / Other / Unknown
Nombre Number of cats in the household
Logement ASB/AAB/ML/MI Apartment without balcony / Apartment with balcony or terrace/ House in a subdivision / Individual house
Zone U/PU/R Would you say that you live in an area that is :Urban/Periurban/rural
Ext 1/2/3/4/5 How much time does your cat spend each day outdoors? None / Limited (less than one hour)/ Moderate (1 to 5 hours)/ Long (more than 5 hours)/ All the time (come back just to eat)
Obs 1/2/3/4 How much time do you spend each day with you cat (observation, game, petting, care, ...)? None / Limited (less than one hour)/ Moderate (1 to 5 hours)/ Long (more than 5 hours)
Personality adjective : see article
Abondance 1/2/3/NSP Around your place of residence, would you say that abundance of natural areas (tree, bushes, grass ...) is Low / Moderate/ High/ I don’t know
PredOiseau 1/2/3/4/5 At what frequency does your cat capture birds? Never/ Rarely (1 to 5 times a year)/ Sometimes (5 to 10 times a year)/ Often (1 to 3 times a month)/ Very often (once a week or more)
PredMamm 1/2/3/4/5 At what frequency does your cat capture small mammals (mice, field mice, shrew)? Never/ Rarely (1 to 5 times a year)/ Sometimes (5 to 10 times a year)/ Often (1 to 3 times a month)/ Very often (once a week or more)

本数据集对应论文《宠物猫人格与主人报告的捕食频率相关联》（https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9651），包含法国猫主人的调研数据。研究团队针对居住在法国的大量猫主人开展调研，采用Litchfield等人（2017）提出的猫科五大人格模型（Feline Five）评估其所饲养猫咪的人格特质，并收集主人报告的猫咪带回家的鸟类与小型哺乳动物的捕食频次。为控制潜在混杂因素，本次调研还纳入了此前已证实会影响宠物猫捕食行为的相关变量问题，涵盖住宅周边环境类型、猫咪每日户外时长、个体特征及猫咪品种。

变量 取值 含义
性别（Sexe） M/F 雄性/雌性
年龄 Moinsde1/1a2/2a10/Plusde10 不足1岁/1~2岁/2~10岁/10岁以上
猫咪品种 BEN/SBI/BRI/CHA/EUR/MCO/PER/RAG/SPH/ORI/TUV/Autre/NSP 孟加拉猫（Bengal）/伯曼猫（Birman）/英国短毛猫（British Shorthair）/夏特尔猫（Chartreux）/欧洲家猫（European）/缅因库恩猫（Maine coon）/波斯猫（Persian）/布偶猫（Ragdoll）/萨凡纳猫（Savannah）/斯芬克斯猫（Sphynx）/暹罗猫（Siamese）/土耳其安哥拉猫（Turkish angora）/无特定品种/其他/未知
家养猫咪数量 家养猫咪总数量
住宅类型 ASB/AAB/ML/MI 无阳台公寓/带阳台或露台的公寓/分区住宅/独立独栋住宅
居住区域类型 U/PU/R 城市区域/城郊区域/乡村区域
每日户外时长 1/2/3/4/5 无户外时间/少量（每日不足1小时）/中等（每日1~5小时）/大量（每日超过5小时）/全天外出（仅返家进食）
每日陪伴猫咪时长 1/2/3/4 无陪伴时间/少量（每日不足1小时）/中等（每日1~5小时）/大量（每日超过5小时）
人格描述形容词：详见论文
周边自然区域（树木、灌丛、草地等）丰富度 1/2/3/NSP 低/中等/高/不清楚
鸟类捕食频率 1/2/3/4/5 从未/极少（每年1~5次）/偶尔（每年5~10次）/经常（每月1~3次）/频繁（每周1次及以上）
小型哺乳动物（小鼠、田鼠、鼩鼱）捕食频率 1/2/3/4/5 从未/极少（每年1~5次）/偶尔（每年5~10次）/经常（每月1~3次）/频繁（每周1次及以上）