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How Often Do Americans Eat Vegetarian Meals?

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This survey asked respondents how many vegetarian meals they eat and whether they were veg*n.

This representative survey of 1,010 U.S. adults evaluates how often people eat vegetarian meals and how many vegans there are in the U.S. The survey found that about 5% of the U.S. population is vegetarian, and about half of them are vegan.

Study Highlights:

Frequency that people eat vegetarian meals:

  • 6% One Meal Per Week
  • 4% One Day Per Week
  • 17% Many Meals But Fewer Than Half
  • 16% More Than Half But Not All
  • 5% Never Eat Meat, Fish Seafood, or Poultry
  • 48% Estimated Population Who Looks for Vegetarian Foods

Contrary to other studies on this topic, this study did not find large gender differences in rates of vegetarianism. 2% of both men and women are vegetarian while 2% of women and 3% of men are vegan.

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http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2011issue4/vj2011issue4pol...
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Citations:

Harris Interactive, The Vegetarian Resource Group, 2011 United States (National)

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Animals Used for Food English Meat / Animal Product Consumption Veg*n Diets Humans

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