Working group “Cultural statistics” 21. 05 Working group “Cultural statistics” 21.05.2010 Pocketbook - cultural participation (SILC and AES)

CULTURAL PARTICIPATION (SILC ahm 2006) Attending cultural events: frequency of going to cinema frequency of going to live performance (theatre, concert, ballet ,..) visiting cultural sites (museums, archaeological sites, ..) Breakdowns by: sex age group educational attainment degree of urbanisation (income) Advantage in comparison with the AES: all countries (AES missing countries: IE, LU, UK, FR, not yet DK, MT, RO, TR, CH, partially: NO, SE) all age groups (15-74) (AES: 25-64)

AES, wave 2007 Amateur cultural activities: Reading books taking part in a public performance involving singing, dancing, acting or music making a painting, drawing, sculpture or printing (including computer graphics, designing web sites) writing prose, poems and short stories Reading books reading books as a leisure activity number of books read number of books at home Frequency of reading newspapers

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Questions: Attending cultural events - from SILC; other statistics - AES? Validation of data by countries (August-September) Which breakdowns the most interesting (for which indicators)?

Comparison SILC-AES (25-64 years-old)

Structural differences in AES and SILC Number of times going to live performances (at least once - %), by sex (diff. women-men)

Number of times going to the cinema (at least once - %), by age (difference 25-34 versus 55-64)

Number of visits to cultural sites (at least once - %), by level of education (diff. low versus high)