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Vegetable consumption

Vegetable consumption

Period : October 2005
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 1 355 (34.8%) 280 (24.4%) 635 (29.3%)
1 to 2 621 (60.9%) 789 (68.7%) 1410 (65.0%)
More than 2 35 (3.4%) 72 (6.3%) 107 (4.9%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 10 (1.0%) 7 (0.6%) 16 (0.8%)
Total 1021 (100.0%) 1147 (100.0%) 2168 (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.