Human preferences for dogs and cats in China: the current situation and influencing factors of watching online videos and pet ownership

Dogs and cats have become the most important and successful pets through long-term domestication. People keep them for various reasons, such as their functional roles or for physical or psychological support. However, why humans are so attached to dogs and cats remains unclear. A comprehensive understanding of the current state of human preferences for dogs and cats and the potential influential factors behind it is required. Here, we investigate this question using two independent online datasets and anonymous questionnaires in China. We find that current human preferences for dog and cat videos are relatively higher than for most other interests, with video plays ranking among the top three out of fifteen interests. We also find genetic variations, gender, age, and economic development levels notably influence human preferences for dogs and cats. Specifically, dog and cat ownership are significantly associated with parents’ pet ownership of dogs and cats (Spearman’s rank correlation c..., , , # Human preferences for dogs and cats in China: the current situation and influencing factors of watching online videos and pet ownership [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qfttdz0rr](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qfttdz0rr) This dataset contains three CSV data files, each corresponding to one of the three parts described in the study. ## Description of the data and file structure **“1, bilibili.csv”**: contains data extracted from the Bilibili website. Each row in the dataset represents yearly data for each popular channel. Missing data are indicated with NA. * **ID**: The serial number for each video, ranging from 1 to 167368. * **year**: The year the video was published on the website, from 2009 to 2021. * **Videourl**: The URL of the video. * **plays**: The total number of plays for the video. * **likes**: The total number of likes for the video. * **sort**: The ranking of the video in terms of play count among all popular videos in its channel for that year. * **channelID**: The I...经过长期驯化，犬与猫已成为当下最为重要且成功的伴侣宠物。人类饲养犬猫的动机多样，既包括其功能性用途，也可为获得生理或心理层面的支持。然而，人类何以对犬猫产生如此强烈的依恋情绪，目前仍未明确。当前亟需全面厘清人类对犬猫的偏好现状及其背后潜藏的影响因素。本研究依托中国境内的两份独立在线数据集与匿名问卷，针对该问题展开探究。研究发现，当前人类对犬猫类视频的偏好显著高于多数其他兴趣类别，其播放量在15类兴趣中位列前三。此外，遗传变异、性别、年龄以及经济发展水平均会对人类的犬猫偏好产生显著影响。具体而言，个体是否饲养犬猫，与其父母是否饲养犬猫存在显著关联（斯皮尔曼秩相关系数c...）。 # 中国人群对犬猫的偏好：在线视频观看与宠物饲养的现状及影响因素 [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qfttdz0rr](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qfttdz0rr) 本数据集包含三个CSV格式数据文件，分别对应研究中所述的三个部分。 ## 数据与文件结构说明 **1_bilibili.csv**：包含从哔哩哔哩（Bilibili）网站提取的数据。数据集中每一行代表某一热门分区的年度数据，缺失值以NA标记。 * **ID**：每个视频的序列号，取值范围为1至167368。 * **year**：视频在平台发布的年份，覆盖2009年至2021年。 * **Videourl**：视频的URL链接。 * **plays**：视频的总播放量。 * **likes**：视频的总点赞数。 * **sort**：该视频在对应分区当年度所有热门视频中按播放量排名的位次。 * **channelID**：分区ID（原文此处内容截断）。