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Vegetable consumption

Vegetable consumption

Period: April 2012
Questions: On average, how many days do you eat vegetables within a week? On the day(s) that you have eaten vegetables, how many bowls of vegetables do you eat? One bowl refers to the size of a rice bowl.



Average number of bowls of vegetables eaten per day* Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Less than 1 379 (40.9%) 298 (26.8%) 677 (33.2%)
1 to 2 513 (55.4%) 756 (67.8%) 1 269 (62.2%)
More than 2 30 (3.2%) 53 (4.7%) 82 (4.0%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 5 (0.5%) 8 (0.7%) 13 (0.6%)
Total 926 (100.0%) 1 115 (100.0%) 2 041 (100.0%)

Notes: * Average number of bowls of vegetables eaten per day is calculated by dividing the total number of bowls of vegetables eaten within a week by 7.
Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.