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Eating with Friends, Family or Not at All: Young People's Experiences of Food Poverty in the UK
Author(s) -
Knight Abigail,
O'Connell Rebecca,
Brannen Julia
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12264
Subject(s) - poverty , blame , contest , social exclusion , narrative , qualitative research , sociology , psychology , political science , social psychology , economic growth , economics , social science , linguistics , philosophy , law
The paper draws on findings from a study called ‘Families and Food in Hard Times’, which is examining food poverty among children and families in three European countries. In the UK , qualitative interviews were carried out with 45 11–15 year olds and their parents or carers. Young people's narratives reveal food poverty as a multi‐dimensional experience, including hunger, poor quality food and social exclusion. Analysis suggests a limited degree of sharing of food between young people and how they contribute to the family's management of food practices in constrained circumstances. Generally young people contest the dominant discourses which blame food poverty on individuals and families.