In Spain, more and more people cook at home. According to a study of the World Cooking Index and which has been published by Cookpad and Gallup. The increase in preparation and meals at home increases in Spain by 10% compared to 4 years ago. Spain is located in position 20 of the 120 countries analyzed.
Generation Z stays at home to eat
The aforementioned report throws up interesting data that highlights the increase in home cooking by young people. Specifically, those who increase this trend the most are those between the ages of 15 and 24, the so-called generation Z. They eat 3,9 weekly dinners at home, increasing by 9% compared to the previous study. According to this report, this trend is consolidating and will remain over time. Although the generation of millennials eat less at home, compared to generation Z, they also increase compared to the previous 2018 study.
What the study does reaffirm is that although the increase is caused by young people, it is those over 65 who eat more at home specifically 6,2 dinners and 6 meals of the 14 possible weekly meals.
On the other hand, Spanish people with more purchasing power also increase their meals at home, 8% compared to the previous study. In the same way but for different reasons, families with less income increase their meals at home. It is important to note that large cities increase meals at home more significantly than smaller cities, thereby giving more importance to home cooking.
Everything indicates that the wide range of gastronomic proposals in the markets that facilitate the preparation of meals, as well as the economic problems in some segments, lead to prioritizing home-cooked meals.
Less gender gap
The study also shows how men are cooking more and more. In this way, the existing gap, which is still very important, is reduced. Specifically, women cook at home almost twice as much as men despite the 26% increase in men compared to the previous study. This gap is very similar in European countries such as France or the United Kingdom and far from the parity of Iceland.
One of the curious facts of the study of the WorldCooking is that men cook less when they are fathers than when they were not.
