Thank you! I linked to your comment near the top of my post.
While the only motivation cited by a majority of former vegetarians/vegans (58%) was health, a number of motivations were identified by a majority of current vegetarians/vegans: health (69%), animal protection (68%), concern for the environment (59%), feelings of disgust about meat/animal products (63%), and taste preferences (52%).
So this data suggests the people who stick with veganism tend to be people motivated by multiple factors?
A quick defense of my exponential growth model: Changes in the size of the vegan movement are a result of a tension between tendencies for it to grow and tendencies for it to shrink. If you’re correct that the size of the movement has been basically flat, that suggests those tendencies are currently canceling each other out. But that doesn’t mean this way of thinking is totally useless. (It could be significantly misleading if there’s a subset of the population that’s naturally much more inclined to veganism though.)
Thank you! I linked to your comment near the top of my post.
So this data suggests the people who stick with veganism tend to be people motivated by multiple factors?
A quick defense of my exponential growth model: Changes in the size of the vegan movement are a result of a tension between tendencies for it to grow and tendencies for it to shrink. If you’re correct that the size of the movement has been basically flat, that suggests those tendencies are currently canceling each other out. But that doesn’t mean this way of thinking is totally useless. (It could be significantly misleading if there’s a subset of the population that’s naturally much more inclined to veganism though.)