Change and Stability in Commensality Patterns
A Comparative Analysis of Belgian Time-Use Data from 1966, 1999 and 2004
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3347716 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Inge Mestdag (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium), I Glorieux (0000-0001-7885-6368, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 703-726 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.2009.01868.x |
| OpenAlex | W1574055505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 20 |
The decline of the family meal is a popular concern in contemporary Western society. This article assesses how commensality patterns have evolved in Belgium over the last four decades and which factors have an impact on commensality. The study uses Belgian time-budget data from 1966 and 1999 to obtain an insight into the evolution of commensality patterns. Flemish time-use data from 2004 are used to determine the factors that affect commensality patterns. It is concluded that there has been a significant decrease in family commensality between 1966 and 1999, while eating has become more individualized during the same period. This holds for all days of the week and for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The data also revealed that a number of factors that are often assumed to entail the individualization of eating practices, such as the increased availability of products for self-catering, have little impact on commensality patterns in practice. The factor with the strongest impact on commensality patterns is living arrangements. People who live alone generally do not have anyone with whom to share their meals. Married and cohabiting couples, on the other hand, tend to eat together on a regular basis, while parents still share the majority of meal-times with their co-resident children
Affect (linguistics) · Flemish · Geography · Sociology · Time budget · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Demography · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Wine Industry and Tourism
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
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| Citations per year | 1,35 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |