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.
Colin Denchfield says
I'm surprised there aren't more vegan females - of all the people who can empathise with the trauma and unspeakable horror a mother endures when she is separated from her baby, I would expect women, or atleast maternal women, to be in the greatest number. Both cow and calf suffer and bellow for days after separation, in order for humans to consume milk - a baby food we have no requirement for after weaning.
Guest says
I agree, male are more principle-ridden to pull it through all the way.
AmrAmAr says
If the research was done through a vegetarian channel, the result is likely to be tipped in favor of vegetarians & vegans, but maybe it was a gerneral research.
Not surprised that less men want to b vegetarian but more are vegan,
cause meat & male energy is similar (Yang), but once they made up their mind, they probably were more principle-ridden to pull it through all the way.
No judgement on diets or gender here, just thoughts.
Tulula says
They should break it down by state. I live in California-so cal and everyone in my office is a veg-head.
Tulula says
They should break it down by state. I live in California-so cal and everyone in my office is a veg-head.
Tulula says
They should break it down by state. I live in California-so cal and everyone in my office is a veg-head.
Anonymous says
I think the percentage of flexiterians has gone up recently due to the economy.
Anonymous says
I think the percentage of flexiterians has gone up recently due to the economy.
Anonymous says
I think the percentage of flexiterians has gone up recently due to the economy.