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Vegetable consumption

Vegetable consumption

Period : April 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 1 427 (43.0%) 285 (25.7%) 712 (33.9%)
1 to 2 520 (52.4%) 765 (69.0%) 1 285 (61.1%)
More than 2 31 (3.2%) 43 (3.8%) 74 (3.5%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 14 (1.4%) 16 (1.5%) 31 (1.5%)
Total 993 (100.0%) 1 109 (100.0%) 2 102 (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.