only among those who said they were not vegetarians
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Survey question:
If you eat dog and cat meat, where do you usually eat it?
Among the survey respondents, around 71 percent were between 18 and 45 years old;
51.5 percent were female;
around 29 percent had primary education, 34 percent had secondary or technical secondary school education, and 37 percent had higher education;
around 66 percent were from urban areas;
around 55 percent earned between 30 and 50 thousand yuan a year; 19 percent earned less than 30 thousand yuan.
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Venues for eating dog or cat meat in Yulin region, China 2023
According to a survey conducted in China in spring of 2023, majority of surveyed non-vegetarian Yulin region residents, **** percent, said they mostly ate dog or cat meat in a restaurant or at a food stall. Around a third of the respondents consumed dog or cat meat at home.
Yulin city in Guangxi province of China is infamous for its annual Dog Meat Festival which draws a lot of criticism internationally as well as concerns about animal cruelty, dog thefts, etc.
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