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Vegetable consumption

Vegetable consumption

Period : April 2006
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 1 343 (36.2%) 264 (24.0%) 607 (29.6%)
1 to 2 549 (58.1%) 758 (68.9%) 1 308 (63.9%)
More than 2 48 (5.1%) 70 (6.4%) 118 (5.8%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 6 (0.6%) 8 (0.8%) 14 (0.7%)
Total 946 (100.0%) 1 101 (100.0%) 2 047 (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.