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Vegetable consumption

Vegetable consumption

Period: April 2007
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 1 404 (41.6%) 270 (24.4%) 673 (32.5%)
1 to 2 540 (55.7%) 772 (69.9%) 1 312 (63.3%)
More than 2 24 (2.4%) 57 (5.2%) 81 (3.9%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 3 (0.3%) 5 (0.4%) 8 (0.4%)
Total 970 (100.0%) 1 104 (100.0%) 2 074 (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.