Students spending habits regarding restaurants : a qualitative study of social classes

The purpose of this essay is mainly to study the reason behind students' visits to restaurants, and also their restaurant habits. The study also intends to find a possible difference in students dining habits among the different social classes; working class and middle class. This study contains qualitative methods. The qualitative research method is in the shape of deep interviews with ten students from different social classes who’s registered at Södertörns högskola. The results of this investigation show that the consumer society along with the respondent’s habitus and access to capital, has influenced and created their opinions and habits around eating out. This has also created the similarities and differences between them. Keywords: Habtitus, consumption, restaurant, social class, consumer societ