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Consumption of grains

Consumption of grains

Period : April 2013
Questions : In the past one month, how many bowl(s) of grains on average did you eat a day, such as rice, congee, noodles, pasta, spaghetti, oatmeal or bread? One bowl of grains is roughly equal to: one bowl of rice or rice-noodles, or 1¼ bowls of noodles, or 1½ bowls of pasta or macaroni, or 2½ bowls of congee, 10 tablespoons of uncooked oatmeal, or 2 slices of large bread. One bowl refers to a medium-sized rice bowl. 

Average number of bowls of grains eaten per day Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Less than 3 538 (53.7%) 798 (72.3%) 1 335 (63.4%)
3-6 457 (45.6%) 301 (27.2%) 758 (36.0%)
More than 6 5 (0.5%) 0 (0.0%) 5 (0.2%)
Don't eat grains 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 2 (0.2%) 4 (0.4%) 6 (0.3%)
Total 1 001 (100.0%) 1 104 (100.0%) 2 105 (100.0%)

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.