Table 3.
Pork consumption habits among respondents in four provinces in Cambodia.
| Kampong Thom % (n) |
Preah Vihear % (n) |
Ratanakiri % (n) |
Stung Treng % (n) |
All % (n) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork consumption * | |||||
| Every day | 5.4 (2) | 29.4 (10) | 26.5 (9) | 9.7 (3) | 17.6 (24) |
| 2–5 times/week | 21.6 (8) | 41.2 (14) | 44.1 (15) | 64.5 (20) | 41.9 (57) |
| Once a week | 10.8 (4) | 2.9 (1) | 8.8 (3) | 6.5 (2) | 7.4 (10) |
| 2–3 times/month | 13.5 (5) | 20.6 (7) | 0 (0) | 16.1 (5) | 12.5 (17) |
| Once a month | 48.6 (18) | 5.9 (2) | 20.6 (7) | 3.2 (1) | 20.6 (28) |
| Cooking level of pork ** | |||||
| Cooked (brown/grey) | 100 (37) | 100 (34) | 93.9 (31) | 90.3 (28) | 96.3 (130) |
| Cooked (red/pink) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 75.8 (25) | 6.5 (2) | 20.0 (27) |
| Uncooked (raw) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3.2 (1) | 0.7 (1) |
| Frequency of eating raw/red/pink *** | |||||
| Sometimes | - | - | 96.0 (24) | 100 (1) | 96.2 (25) |
| Often | - | - | 4.0 (1) | 0 (0) | 3.8 (1) |
* All but two respondents (both in Kampong Thom) reported to consume pork and where asked a follow-up question about frequency of consumption. One of these did not respond to this question (n = 136). ** Several responses possible. *** Two of the respondents (both in Stung Treng) that reported to consume raw/red/pink pork did not answer this follow-up question (n = 28).