Saturday, June 25, 2005

Life in Spain

One of the things which attracts so many people to this country is the Spanish lifestyle which is so different from many other European countries (see reasons for living in Spain).

The CIS (Spain's Center for Sociological Research) has just published a survey which indicates that Spaniards themselves are very happy with the main differences between Spain and their European partners, especially when it comes to eating habits. According to the results of the survey, over 85 percent of Spaniards prefer Spanish eating times and have never considered eating lunch or dinner earlier at similar times used in the rest of Europe.

Over half the people interviewed eat lunch from two to three o'clock and 19.9 percent between three and four o'clock. Meanwhile over 48 percent have dinner between nine and ten, and 27 percent from ten to eleven o'clock. Spaniards sleep on average seven and a quarter hours during the week and eight and a half hours at weekends.

Spaniards consider health and family to be most important to them (86 and 81 percent respectively), followed by work (56.4), friends (46.5), money (27.7). Only 11 percent consider religion to be important, and even fewer politics (6.2 percent).

Over 54 percent of Spaniards are very satisfied with family life, but only 22 percent are very satisfied with their home. The majority are happy, very happy or quite happy with their job, and only 6.9 and 7 percent are dissatisfied or very dissatisfied at work. Over a third would like to have more free time to spend with their families.

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6 Comments:

Anonymous said...

please post what time the spansh eat breakfast

12:14 AM  
Anonymous said...

Spainards eat breakfast at 8 or 9 in the morning, and it usually consists of something very light such as a piece of toast and juice or coffee.

5:36 PM  
divya said...

what is the meaning of 'lamasa' a spanish craft?how did it originate?
why did people use it?

3:55 PM  
Anonymous said...

hi im going to spain with my family i just wanted to know what its like over there now ? weather/people ect
thanks heather

3:54 PM  
Anonymous said...

hi, i am going to barcelona next month. concerning the different eating time from other countries, could you tell me what time to go to work and what time to go off work everyday. thanks a lot

7:43 AM  
Anonymous said...

What is the typical family life like for a Spanish family? What chores must children do in their households? How would a typical Spanish family support themselves financially?

6:41 PM  

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