Table 9.1

Eating habits, by minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over						1999
Type of food and frequency	Minority ethnic group
	Black
	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Men
Observed %
Fruit (fresh, frozen, tinned)
6 or more times per week	22	24	24	15	46	23
1-6 times per week	58	61	56	62	42	58
Less than once a week	13	8	11	13	9	11
Rarely/never	7	6	8	10	4	8
Vegetables (fresh, frozen, tinned)a
6 or more times per week	18	23	7	30	53	22
1-6 times per week	70	69	78	61	41	71
Less than once a week	8	6	12	7	4	3
Rarely/never	5	2	3	3	2	3
Red meatb
6 or more times per week	3	2	3	13	11	4
1-6 times per week	68	45	64	57	80	79
Less than once a week	14	15	10	8	4	13
Rarely/never	15	38	23	22	5	5
Fried foods
6 or more times per week	5	2	4	13	8	4
1-6 times per week	63	63	65	52	59	68
Less than once a week	23	21	20	22	21	17
Rarely/never	10	14	11	13	12	12
Sweet/savoury snacksc
6 or more times per week	13	14	16	18	14	22
1-6 times per week	55	58	49	43	53	56
Less than once a week	17	18	19	16	17	12
Rarely/never	15	10	16	22	16	10
Cakes/pastriesd
6 or more times per week	4	3	4	4	2	3
1-6 times per week	45	43	41	39	43	58
Less than once a week	23	34	28	30	34	23
Rarely/never	29	21	28	27	22	17
Bases (weighted):e
Men	249	443	224	72	61	1174
Bases (unweighted):e
Men	359	464	379	273	194	400
Women
Observed %
Fruit (fresh, frozen, tinned)
6 or more times per week	37	28	24	16	60	44
1-6 times per week	50	57	62	54	35	45
Less than once a week	8	9	9	18	4	8
Rarely/never	5	7	5	12	2	4
Vegetables (fresh, frozen, tinned)a
6 or more times per week	29	28	11	35	69	38
1-6 times per week	64	67	75	53	30	57
Less than once a week	5	4	11	8	1	2
Rarely/never	2	1	3	4	0	2
Red meatb
6 or more times per week	2	0	3	11	7	2
1-6 times per week	61	34	62	55	72	67
Less than once a week	21	13	7	12	13	19
Rarely/never	17	52	28	23	8	12
Fried foods
6 or more times per week	2	2	3	8	3	1
1-6 times per week	58	55	66	60	57	43
Less than once a week	25	26	22	23	29	33
Rarely/never	16	17	10	9	11	23
Sweet/savoury snacksc
6 or more times per week	13	15	16	21	11	19
1-6 times per week	60	60	56	40	55	59
Less than once a week	16	18	14	13	21	13
Rarely/never	11	7	14	26	14	9
Cakes/pastriesd
6 or more times per week	2	2	4	5	1	6
1-6 times per week	49	48	50	32	43	51
Less than once a week	31	32	26	28	36	25
Rarely/never	18	18	20	35	20	17
Bases (weighted):e
Women	353	432	240	75	80	1589
Bases (unweighted):e
Women	520	468	414	302	253	546

^a Excludes chips.

^b Includes red meat products.

^c Includes chocolates/crisps/biscuits.

^d Includes Indian sweets.

^e Bases vary: those shown are for the fried food sample. continued...

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