What percentage of the population is vegetarian?
Do more women or men who call themselves vegetarians? Vegan? Eat no meat? Eat only fish? Are college educated? Are age 45+?
Some results may surprise you!
Click ahead to find out...
In 2006, the Vegetarian Resource Group posed the following question in a national poll conducted by Harris Interactive®:
Please tell us which of the following foods, if any, you never eat:
* Meat
* Poultry
* Fish or Seafood
* Dairy Products
* Eggs
* Honey
Results (adults ages 18 and up):
6.7% Never eat meat
6.3% Never eat poultry
14.6% Never eat fish/seafood
7.6% Never eat dairy products
8.8% Never eat eggs
23.4% Never eat honey
2.3% Never eat meat, poultry, fish/seafood (vegetarian)
1.4% Never eat meat, poultry, fish/seafood, dairy products/eggs (vegan, except for possibly honey)
Broken down by gender:
9% of females never eat meat
5% of males never eat meat
Interestingly 1.4% of men are vegan, 1.3% of women. Small difference, but still surprising.
Broken down vegetarians:
Percentage of Various Groups Who Never Eat Meat (Rounded to Whole Numbers):
7% Total Adults
5% Male
9% Female
9% 45- to 54-year-olds
5% 18- to 24-year-olds
8% North East
6% North Central
6% South
7% West
6% White (excluding Hispanic)
7% Black (excluding Hispanic)
8% Hispanic
4% High School Not Completed
6% High School Graduate
8% College Graduate
See the original poll results here:
http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2006issue4/vj2006issue4poll.htm
By the way...
A recent survey showed that 1 in 200 kids (under 18) are vegetarian.
