Thanks for this analysis! I’m a bit confused: In the places where this post says that people are less likely to quit if their spouse, friends or co-workers quit, is that a typo and you mean to say more likely to quit? Or is this written as intended?
Hello Aidan! I’m not sure where you are seeing that? We say, “In one social network analysis, a spouse was 67% less likely to smoke if their spouse had quit smoking, 43% for mutual friends, 34% for coworkers in small firms, and 25% for siblings.” Can you help clarify exactly where you are seeing that information? Thanks!
You’re right! I swear I read it like 3 times before asking 😳
I think I got confused because in both the text and figure 3, that sentence comes after a heading about “the odds of quitting smoking” so I read the subsequent “less likely”s to mean “less likely to quit smoking” instead of “less likely to smoke”. Sorry about that
Thanks for this analysis! I’m a bit confused: In the places where this post says that people are less likely to quit if their spouse, friends or co-workers quit, is that a typo and you mean to say more likely to quit? Or is this written as intended?
Hello Aidan! I’m not sure where you are seeing that? We say, “In one social network analysis, a spouse was 67% less likely to smoke if their spouse had quit smoking, 43% for mutual friends, 34% for coworkers in small firms, and 25% for siblings.” Can you help clarify exactly where you are seeing that information? Thanks!
You’re right! I swear I read it like 3 times before asking 😳
I think I got confused because in both the text and figure 3, that sentence comes after a heading about “the odds of quitting smoking” so I read the subsequent “less likely”s to mean “less likely to quit smoking” instead of “less likely to smoke”. Sorry about that
No worries at all, sorry for the confusion!