The web magazine "Real Scale" provided by Citizen Watch has released "Everyone's Supper Information", a survey of awareness and facts about time. The study found that an average of 33 minutes was spent on supper, and that one in five men had supper alone.

■ The average time for dinner is 33 minutes

When asked how long it would take for dinner, it turned out to be 33 minutes on average. On average by gender, there is no big difference between 31 minutes for men and 35 minutes for women. However, in the case of women, 26.8% of the respondents answered that it would take about one hour and one hour or more, which was much higher than 16.7% of men. One in four women seems to enjoy a slow dinner for about an hour.

A man who spends a short amount of time on dinner commented, "I'm busy, so I'm busy (Osaka prefecture, male)" "I don't eat dinner slowly because I want to take a break early. It usually takes about 10 minutes (Aichi prefecture, male)." Was sent.


■ One in five men has dinner "alone"

When asked who they often eat dinner with, the most common answer was "family." It accounted for 78.0% of the total. This was followed by "one person," "lover," and "friend / colleague." There is no big difference between men and women, and most of the respondents answered that they would eat as a "family".

However, about 10% of women eat dinner alone, while more than 20% of men eat it. It turns out that one in five men usually eats supper "alone".

From a man who eats supper alone, "I eat alone late at night on weekdays and eat with my family on weekends (Kanagawa prefecture, male)" "Since I am working alone, I sometimes go home for supper. There were many comments complaining that the child was sitting in his seat and was a little shocked (Kanagawa prefecture, male), and that he could not eat with his family due to work reasons.


The survey was conducted from September 11th to October 9th, 2012. The number of respondents was 3,880, of which 2,175 were men and 1,705 were women.