Table 2.

The proportion of 18- to 79-year-olds who usually follow a vegetarian diet according to gender, socio-economic status, level of education and size of place of residence

Source: DEGS1 (2008–2011)

	Women	Men
	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)
Socio-economic status	(n=3,594)	(n=3,300)
Low	8.1 (5.5 – 11.7)	1.9 (0.7 – 4.7)
Medium	4.9 (3.8 – 6.3)	2.6 (1.7 – 3.7)
High	7.8 (5.3 – 11.4)	2.5 (1.6 – 3.9)
Education	(n=3,652)	(n=3,359)
Low	5.3 (3.8 – 7.3)	1.5 (0.8 – 2.9)
Medium	6.0 (4.6 – 7.7)	2.5 (1.6 – 3.7)
High	8.8 (6.1 – 12.7)	4.2 (2.6 – 6.8)
Community size	(n=3,673)	(n=3,378)
Rural (< 5,000)	4.6 (3.0 – 7.1)	1.3 (0.6 – 2.5)
Provincial    (5,000 – < 20,000)	6.9 (4.7 – 10.2)	2.2 (1.1 – 4.4)
Medium-sized city    (20,000 – < 100,000)	4.7 (3.3 – 6.8)	1.9 (1.1 – 3.3)
Large city (≥ 100,000)	7.4 (5.4 – 10.1)	4.0 (2.6 – 6.1)

CI = confidence interval