I sent my survey out to friends through e-mails and received 19 responses.
My first question was "Do you think of your parents as healthy eaters?" 2/3 of the respondents answered yes and the other 1/3 responded no. My second question read "Do you eat in a similar way as your friends?" 2/3 of the responses were yes and 1/3 were no. My third question asked how the survey takers eating habits have changed or remained the same since starting college. Almost all of the responses said they had started eating more. Also many people said that the amount of snacking they did increased and that they eat fast food more often. The fourth question in my survey asked "How many meals a week do you consume with your friends?" This question was a multiple choice question and had different number ranges to choose from. The majority of people answered that they consume 8-15 meals a week with friends. My fifth and sixth question asked about how healthy the survey taker felt their eating habits were as well as their friends eating habits. Most people answered that on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the healthiest, they fell into the range of 6-8. When answering about friend's eating habits, the majority of people answered 4-7. This means that people believe their eating habits are more healthy than their friends. Question 7 on my survey asked if their healthy friends eating habits influenced their own personal food choices. 2/3 said yes and the remaining 1/3 answered either no or N/A. My eighth question asked "At what times/when are you most likely to eat healthy?" 1/2 of the respondents answered when at home, 1/3 said place has no influence, 2 people said when with friends, and 1 person said when alone. The last two questions on my survey asked about where you typically eat when with friends and when eating alone. Most people said when eating with friends they eat at a dining hall or some other food place on campus. When eating alone, most people said that they would eat in their room and a few said they still eat at the dining hall.
Survey Link
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZL9YHMF
Tara,
ReplyDeleteI think your survey is really well made. I honestly can't come up with that many criticisms. The only question I think you could ask is "If your friends are unhealthy eaters, does that influence you to be an unhealthy eater?" The rest of your survey is great.