So your surprise/expectation seems reasonable! Of course, I don’t know whether it’s actually surprising, since presumably whether anyone actually converts depends on lots of other features of a given social network (do your networks contain a lot of people who were already vegetarian/vegan?).
Thanks for sharing that data David, I appreciate that :)
Do you think it can answer the question; If you’re the first in your family to switch to veganism/vegetarianism, how likely is it that another family member will follow suit within X years?
(Also, no, there aren’t any vegetarians or vegans among my friends or family).
FWIW I’d probably count myself as having ~ 30 close friends and family.
This also seems like good research for the GWWC pledge.
Do you think it can answer the question; If you’re the first in your family to switch to veganism/vegetarianism, how likely is it that another family member will follow suit within X years?
I’m afraid that. I think we’d need to know more about the respondents’ families and the order in which they adopted veganism/vegetarianism to assess that. I agree that it sounds like an interesting research question!
When we asked current vegetarians/vegans what influenced them to adopt their diet, personal conversations (primarily with friends/family) were among the top influences.
So your surprise/expectation seems reasonable! Of course, I don’t know whether it’s actually surprising, since presumably whether anyone actually converts depends on lots of other features of a given social network (do your networks contain a lot of people who were already vegetarian/vegan?).
Thanks for sharing that data David, I appreciate that :)
Do you think it can answer the question; If you’re the first in your family to switch to veganism/vegetarianism, how likely is it that another family member will follow suit within X years?
(Also, no, there aren’t any vegetarians or vegans among my friends or family).
FWIW I’d probably count myself as having ~ 30 close friends and family.
This also seems like good research for the GWWC pledge.
Thanks!
I’m afraid that. I think we’d need to know more about the respondents’ families and the order in which they adopted veganism/vegetarianism to assess that. I agree that it sounds like an interesting research question!
Maybe one day 😊