Answer: t does sound logical that an only child may be more inclined to have a pet than children in larger families. However we haven’t located any statistics that support that thought.
Our own dad was a single child and did have a dog while growing up. Times were tough back in the those days 1920s to 1945 so he couldn’t have a lot of pets growing up. During WWll he adopted a dog on Siapan and smuggled her home on the ship with him when the war was over.
Growing up he always dreamed of raising dogs, but ended up raising three kids instead. The first born, a boy, loved cats but never had one of his own until he was grown up and had a place of his own. The reason he didn’t have a pet of his own as a child was because 4 years after he was born his twin sisters entered.
We hit the ground with an insatiable need to interact with animals of all kinds. Sure we had each other for companionship but some people are just born with a great need to converse with other species. From the time we entered the household all pets became ours.
As far as statistics go, they do find that families with children are more likely to have pets. It just doesn’t stipulate how many children are in the family.
One of the interesting finds though is that the percentage of childless families are increasing but pet ownership is continuing to grow as well.
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