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Summary of RealEat polls 1984 - 2001

All surveys were conducted by Gallup of people aged over 16, numbers surveyed below the year. Figures are % of population.

  *Gallup Poll for Realeat August 2001
4% of those polled were vegetarian
33% ate meat only occasionally
7 million were vegetarian or avoided red meat

 
Year '84
3061		 '85
3181		 '86
3881		 '87
3027		 '88
2481		 '90
3027		 '93
4299		 '95
4237		 '97
4020		 '99
4157
Vegetarians 2.1 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.7 4.3 4.5 5.4 5.0
Eating Less Meat - 30 35 33 35 43 40 - 46 45
Avoid Red Meat Only 1.9 2.6 3.1 3.6 5.5 6.3 6.5 7.3 14.3 8.6
eat red meat only occasionally - - - - - - 28 26 - -
have a meat free meal on a regular basis - - - - - - - - - 41
eat meat-free meals most or all or the time - - - - - - - - - 16
have been put of buying vegetarian food because of GM concerns - - - - - - - - - 9
Male Vegetarians 1.6 2.0 2.1 - 1.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 4.1 3.2
25-34 year old male vegetarians - - - - - - 6.8 - - -
Female Vegetarians 2.6 3.2 3.4 - 4.1 4.5 5.4 5.8 6.5 6.7
16-24 year old female vegetarians - - - - - - 13.3 12.4 - -
16-24 year old females eating no red meat - - - - - - - - 22.2 -
25-34 year old females eating no red meat - - - - - - - - 23.6 -
South Vegetarians - 3.4 - - 3.7 4.5 4.5 5.2 5.7 5.9
Midlands Vegetarians - 2.4 - - - 3.5 4.3 4.2 5.5 3.9
North Vegetarians - 1.9 - - - 3.6 4.1 3.7 5.2 5.1
Scotland Vegetarians - 2.3 - - 2.2 1.4 3.7 3.9 3.3 3.8
children aged 6 months to 15 years vegetarian or avoiding meat - - - - 9.3 - - - - -
Vegetarianism by Socio-Economic Groups: - - - - - AB: 4.5
C1: 5.5
C2: 2.5
DE: 2.9
 AB: 4.4
C1: 4.5
C2: 3.6
DE: 4.9		 - AB: 6.1
C1: 6.7
C2: 3.9
DE: 4.6		 AB: 4.9
C1: 6.0
C2: 4.1
DE: 5.2

*Realeat/Ulster Marketing Surveys Ltd Northern Ireland Survey Feb 1994
A survey of 1,105 adults aged 16 and over in Northern Ireland.
1% were vegetarian.
1.5% of females were vegetarian.
0.5% of males were vegetarian.
6% avoided red meat.
26% were eating less red meat or avoiding it.

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