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Vegetable consumption

Vegetable consumption

Period: April 2008
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 1 346 (35.5%) 244 (21.7%) 589 (28.1%)
1 to 2 576 (59.1%) 804 (71.5%) 1 381 (65.8%)
More than 2 48 (4.9%) 69 (6.1%) 116 (5.5%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 5 (0.5%) 8 (0.7%) 14 (0.6%)
Total 975 (100.0%) 1 125 (100.0%) 2 100 (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.