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MORI Survey On Vegetarian Population

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This survey examined the current and ex-vegetarian population and asked questions on the motivations for being vegetarian.

This 1989 MORI poll conducted on behalf of The Sunday Times found that 3% of the population of the United Kingdom are vegetarians; another 2% of respondents said they had been vegetarian in the past. The primary motivations for vegetarianism included concerns for animal welfare, health, and cost.

Three percent (3%) of the population of the United Kingdom are vegetarians and 2% say they were vegetarian in the past, but not currently.

Among the current and past vegetarians surveyed, 58% were concerned with the morality of the use of animals for food, while 61% did not like intensive rearing methods, 49% were concerned with personal health, and 8% felt that animal products were too expensive.

An additional 26% of survey respondents reported lower meat consumption than previously, with 25% of these people citing additives to meat as a reason, 23% citing factory farming and 21% citing expense.

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