Meat Consumption and Vegaphobia: An Exploration of the Characteristics of Meat Eaters, Vegaphobes, and Their Social Environment

摘要: This article highlights the importance of dietary pattern significant others in one’s social network to explain both individual meat consumption and vegaphobia, negative stigmatizing attitude toward vegetarianism non-meat-eaters. Using survey data (N = 996), this study first contrasted convinced meat-eaters with non-meat eaters, or people who actively reduce limit their consumption, terms different socio-demographic characteristics. Results showed that eaters are more often male. A negligible effect on was found for education, age differences were not significant. Next, attention paid context consumption. Specifically, results a logistic regression analysis person’s is considerably lower when one household members vegetarian. also case, but lesser extent, if people’s circle included vegetarian friend family member. Similar looking at linear correlates vegaphobia using ordinary least squares (OLS). Vegaphobes male lower-educated. In addition, common among older persons eaters. Moreover, less had groups friends. The ends discussion studying environment attitudes vegetarianism. Policy implications directions future research discussed.