Abstract

Ibrahim, Fausat Motunrayo

Vegetarianism holds great promises for attenuating the scourge of chronic human illnesses and ensuring environmental sustainability. It is gaining reputation as a responsible option. Hence, a methodical look at a seemingly under investigated, socio-psychological aspect of vegetarianism is called for. As such, self and response efficacy as well as affinity, with regards to vegetarianism were investigated among 565 government ministries employees. The mean affinity score almost bipolarized respondents as 54.9% scored above the mean while 45.1% scored below the mean. The relationship between self and response efficacy on one hand and affinity on the other is quite strong (R = 0.452; R2 = 0.204; P < 0.05). Results of t- test and ANOVA shows that age, religion and education are significantly associated with affinity towards vegetarianism (P< 0.05). Being older, Muslim and highly educated are associated with better affinity towards vegetarianism. There is optimism for vegetarianism in the study area, but there is the need to strengthen campaign for ensuring same.