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Vegetable consumption

Vegetable consumption

Period: April 2014
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 1 710 (36.2%) 551 (25.3%) 1 261 (30.5%)
1 to 2 1 150 (58.7%) 1 498 (68.9%) 2 648 (64.1%)
More than 2 90 (4.6%) 123 (5.7%) 213 (5.1%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 9 (0.5%) 3 (0.1%) 12 (0.3%)
Total 1 960 (100.0%) 2 174 (100.0%) 4 134 (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.