Who Are The Vegetarians - Part 2 (Faunalytics)
Many who describe themselves as vegetarian also report eating meat. Non-vegetarians often have “meatless” days. How do these groups compare to “true” vegetarians?
Summary And Discussion
The following are some key takeaways from this analysis:
- About half of all self-described “vegetarians” regularly eat meat or fish.
- There are very few pescetarians, so they can’t account for the many meat-eating “vegetarians”.
- A large proportion of people have days when they eat neither meat nor fish—an estimated 12.2% of the population ate veggie at least one of the two days for which they were asked to recall their diet.
- Many more women than men say they are vegetarians, are vegetarians, and have meat-free days.
- True vegetarians (those who don’t eat meat or fish) overwhelmingly come from educated households and are not Black or Hispanic.
- People born in Spanish-speaking countries very rarely have meat-free days.