Table 3.
Diet and consumer behavior by (self-perceived) vegetarian status: a comparison.
| Non-Vegetarians n = 14,328 |
Vegetarians n = 352 |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary Behavior | |||
| Salt usage | |||
| Never | n = 977 (6.82%) | n = 35 (9.92%) | 0.074 |
| Rarely | n = 2721 (18.99%) | n = 65 (18.432%) | 0.863 |
| Occasionally | n = 5202 (36.31%) | n = 122 (34.73%) | 0.647 |
| Very Often | n = 5266 (36.75%) | n = 126 (35.89%) | 0.844 |
| Don’t know | n = 162 (1.13%) | n = 4 (1.03%) | 0.828 |
| Fruits available | |||
| Always | n = 9742 (67.99%) | n = 263 (74.94%) | 0.113 |
| Most of the time | n = 2709 (18.91%) | n = 46 (13.15%) | 0.031 |
| Sometimes | n = 1407 (9.82%) | n = 33 (9.33%) | 0.878 |
| Rarely | n = 397 (2.77%) | n = 9 (2.47%) | 0.831 |
| Never | n = 73 (0.51%) | n = 1 (0.11%) | 0.01 |
| Dark green vegetables available | |||
| Always | n = 7853 (54.81%) | n = 218 (61.90%) | 0.057 |
| Most of the time | n = 3291 (22.97%) | n = 84 (23.90%) | 0.738 |
| Sometimes | n = 2210 (15.42%) | n = 42 (11.88%) | 0.115 |
| Rarely | n = 638 (4.45%) | n = 6 (1.82%) | 0.03 |
| Never | n = 336 (2.35%) | n = 2 (0.50%) | 0.002 |
| Salty snacks available | |||
| Always | n = 6254 (43.65%) | n = 122 (34.67%) | 0.008 |
| Most of the time | n = 2917 (20.36%) | n = 60 (16.97%) | 0.272 |
| Sometimes | n = 3310 (23.10%) | n = 95 (26.92%) | 0.217 |
| Rarely | n = 1420 (9.91%) | n = 54 (15.32%) | 0.145 |
| Never | n = 427 (2.98%) | n = 22 (6.12%) | 0.021 |
| Soft drink available | |||
| Always | n = 6002 (41.89%) | n = 74 (21.06%) | <0.001 |
| Most of the time | n = 2068 (14.43%) | n = 56 (16.01%) | 0.622 |
| Sometimes | n = 2404 (16.78%) | n = 57 (16.18%) | 0.832 |
| Rarely | n = 2016 (14.07%) | n = 85 (24.06%) | 0.026 |
| Never | n = 1838 (12.83%) | n = 80 (22.69%) | 0.02 |
| Consumer Behavior | |||
| Money spent at supermarket/grocery store ($) | 450.45 (19.81) | 475.97 (24.93) | 0.409 |
| Money spent on food at other stores ($) | 65.24 (2.85) | 63.48 (6.74) | 0.803 |
| Money spent on eating out ($) | 158.96 (5.44) | 126.08 (9.11) | 0.005 |
| Money spent on carryout/delivered foods ($) | 25.14 (1.38) | 25.99 (2.57) | 0.717 |
| Frequency of major food shopping | |||
| More than once a week | n = 1908 (13.32%) | n = 57 (16.18%) | 0.337 |
| Once a week | n = 6827 (47.65%) | n = 164 (46.51%) | 0.755 |
| Once every two weeks | n = 3704 (25.85%) | n = 94 (26.79%) | 0.743 |
| Once a month or less | n = 1639 (11.44%) | n = 33 (9.40%) | 0.225 |
| Rarely make any major shopping trips, only small trips | n = 181 (1.26%) | n = 3 (0.86%) | 0.541 |
| Rarely shop for food | n = 69 (0.48%) | n = 1 (0.26%) | 0.4 |
| # of times someone cooked dinner at home | 5.55 (0.40) | 5.42 (0.15) | 0.748 |
| # of meals not home prepared | 3.55 (0.06) | 2.46 (0.21) | <0.001 |
| # of ready-to-eat foods in past 30 days | 1.68 (0.05) | 1.16 (0.20) | 0.01 |
| # of frozen meals/pizza in past 30 days | 2.90 (0.11) | 2.48 (0.40) | 0.341 |
Values for continuous variables are expressed as estimated mean and standard error in parenthesis. A p-value < 0.05 indicates significant differences in the proportions.