La actitud hacia el bienestar animal de estudiantes universitarios y personas mayores de sesenta años: el género y la edad como elementos clave

The objective of this work is to evaluate and compare attitudes towards animal welfare of students of the Primary and Early Childhood Education Degrees and of retired people over the age of sixty, belonging to Active Participation Centers, through the AWA (Animal Welfare Attitude) questionnaire, being the first time that attitudes of this last group has been studied. The results have shown that there are significant differences in attitudes towards animal welfare depending on the indicated groups and gender. Attitudes were favorable in general, but the most favorable were those of the student group, which is positive considering that in the near future they will have the responsibility of exercising their profession in the classrooms.