Research Article

Food Waste Behaviour and Awareness of Malaysian

Table 1

Respondent’s characteristics.

CharacteristicsRespondent (%)

Gender
 Female67.50
 Male32.50

Marital status
 Single50.25
 In a relationship7.50
 Married41.25
 Divorced1.00

Household income (RM)
 <4500 (B40)44.50
 4500–11000 (M40)39.50
 >11000 (T20)11.00

Higher education
 Primary school0
 Secondary school2.50
 Diploma degree10.25
 Bachelor’s degree53.75
 Master’s degree16.75
 Doctorate degree16.75

Occupation
 Government34.25
 Private26.00
 Freelancer5.25
 Student32.50
 Retired0.75
 Unemployed1.25

Current eating diet
 Plant and animal eater94.50
 Pescatarian (plant and fish)1.25
 Flexitarian (part-time vegetarian)2.75
 Vegetarians (plant, dairy, and animal by-products)1.25
 Vegan (plant only)0.25