People and Culture in Scotland 2008: Results from the Scottish Household Survey Culture and Sport Module 2007/2008

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Annex B: Cultural Attendance

Annex B is available in Excel format (248k)

Summary headings (Table B1 to B1.8)

Individual headings (Table B2 to B2.8)

Any visual arts

film at a cinema or other venue

exhibition or collection of art, photography or sculpture

craft exhibition (not crafts market)

video or electronic art event

Any theatrical performance

play/drama

other theatre performance ( e.g. musical or pantomime)

opera/operetta

Any music

classical music performance

jazz performance

traditional Scottish music

live DJ event

other live music event

Any dance

ballet

contemporary dance

multicultural dance

other live dance event

Attended another cultural event

book or writing event

street arts event

carnival

culturally specific festival ( e.g. Feis, Mela, Baisakhi, Navratri)

other

Question: In the last 12 months have you (not including paid work or academic study) been to a "listed below" in Scotland (not including paid work or academic study)?

Interpretation: Percentage of the Scottish population attending specific cultural events in Scotland in the last 12 months (not including paid work or academic study)

Table B1 Attendance at categories of cultural events (%)

All

Any event attended

75

Any visual arts (inc. cinema)

62

Any theatrical performance

35

Any music

38

Any dance

10

Attended another cultural event

24

None of the above

25

Base

6,763

Question:

In the last 12 months have you (not including paid work or academic study) been to a "listed below" in Scotland (not including paid work or academic study)?

Interpretation: Percentage of the Scottish population attending specific cultural events in Scotland in the last 12 months (not including paid work or academic study)

Table B2 Attendance at specific cultural events (%)

All

film at a cinema or other venue

55

exhibition or collection of art, photography or sculpture

23

craft exhibition (not crafts market)

12

video or electronic art event

4

book or writing event

6

street arts event

14

carnival

9

culturally specific festival ( e.g. Feis, Mela, Baisakhi, Navratri)

4

play/drama

19

other theatre performance ( e.g. musical or pantomime)

25

opera/operetta

5

classical music performance

7

jazz performance

4

traditional Scottish music

11

live DJ event

9

other live music event

23

ballet

4

contemporary dance

2

multicultural dance

2

other live dance event

5

other

0

None of the above

25

Base

6,763

Question: you have attended in event "listed below" (not including paid work or academic study) within Scotland in the last 12 months, how often have you done this?"

Interpretation: of the part of the population who have attended event "listed below" (not including paid work or academic study) within Scotland in the last 12 months, % of the population who have attended at given frequencies.

Table B3 Frequency of Attendance at specific cultural events (%)

At least once a week throughout the year

Less often than once a week but at least once a month

Less often than once a month but at least 3-4 times a year

Twice in the last 12 months

Once in the last 12 months

Don't know

Base

film at a cinema or other venue

3

22

45

21

9

0

3,373

exhibition or collection of art, photography or sculpture

1

7

33

32

27

0

1,524

craft exhibition (not crafts market)

0

4

21

33

41

1

859

video or electronic art event

1

2

27

25

44

1

234

book or writing event

4

9

22

23

40

2

382

street arts event

1

5

15

27

52

1

842

carnival

-

1

8

22

68

-

540

culturally specific festival ( e.g. Feis, Mela, Baisakhi, Navratri)

2

1

9

23

64

1

237

play/drama

0

6

29

35

29

1

1,207

Other theatre performance (eg musical or pantomime)

0

4

27

32

35

1

1,627

opera/operetta

-

3

15

24

57

2

297

classical music performance

2

8

26

26

37

1

476

jazz performance

0

6

27

21

45

0

273

traditional Scottish music

4

7

25

28

35

1

853

live DJ event

3

17

32

27

20

0

485

other live music

2

9

28

31

29

1

1,391

ballet

1

0

11

26

61

0

269

contemporary dance

4

5

18

19

53

1

141

multicultural dance

*

*

*

*

*

*

81

other live dance

2

8

21

24

44

1

306

others

*

*

*

*

*

*

24

Question: In the last 12 months (not including paid work or academic study) you have been to a live DJ event, or an other live music event in Scotland. What sort of music was it that you went to see?"

Interpretation: Of the part of the population who have been to a live DJ event or an other live music event in Scotland in the past 12 months, percentage who went to see "listed below".

Table B4 Category of music the attendees (to musical events) went to see (%)

All

Rock/ pop music

69

Soul, R&B or hip-hop music

5

Dance music (including house music, trance, techno)

7

Folk or country and western music

8

Reggae/ Calypso/ Caribbean music

0

African music

0

South Asian music

0

Spanish or Latin American music

1

Other specify

8

Base

703

Question: given in the last 12 months you have responded to attending a cultural event other than film, what was your reasons "as listed below" for attending

Interpretation: of the part of the population who have attended a cultural events within the last 12 months in Scotland other than FILM? Percentage to do so because of a each given reason.

Caveat: As the reasons have been aggregated over all events attended, those events which are attended by more people will have greater bearing on the results.

Table B5 Why the cultural attendees attend (%)

All

They wanted to see a specific performer or event

23

They like going to that type of event

34

Of a special occasion or celebration

5

They wanted to learn something new

3

They want to spend time with friends or family

15

They want to support their local community

4

They want to meet people

1

They received a recommendation from someone

3

They were accompanying children

5

They happened to be passing by

5

Of some other reason (say what)

2

They don't know why

1

They wanted to buy art/books/etc

23

They had free tickets or because they won tickets

34

Base

5,882

Question: given that in the last 12 months you have (not including paid work or academic study) been to a "event listed below" within Scotland, would you like to go more often?

Interpretation: of the part of the population who have attended each listed cultural event below, percentage who would like to go more often

Please note. For each event the individual went to they are asked if they would like to attend this event more often (not, this time, for a randomly chosen event). The reasons have been weighted to account for the different numbers who attend different types of events.

Table B6 Whether attendees to specific cultural events want to attend more (%)

Yes

No

Don't Know

Base

exhibition or collection of art, photography or sculpture

68

27

4

1,462

craft exhibition (not crafts market)

52

45

3

826

video or electronic art event

50

45

4

224

book or writing event

66

31

3

366

street arts event

53

42

5

797

carnival

48

49

3

517

culturally specific festival ( e.g. Feis, Mela, Baisakhi, Navratri)

62

36

1

221

play/drama

73

25

2

1,155

other theatre performance ( e.g. musical or pantomime)

71

26

3

1,570

opera/operetta

60

39

1

283

classical music performance

68

31

1

454

jazz performance

70

29

1

258

traditional Scottish music

62

35

3

826

live DJ event

59

38

3

466

other live music event

80

18

3

1,336

ballet

58

39

3

250

contemporary dance

46

51

4

131

multicultural dance

*

*

*

73

other live dance event

56

41

3

292

Other

*

*

*

30

Question: In the last 12 months you have (not including paid work or academic study) been to a "specific event " within Scotland. You have said that you would like to go more often. Would "reasons listed below" encourage you to go more often?

Interpretation: Of the part of the population who have attended (each specific event listed below) within Scotland in the last 12 months and have stated that they would like to go to this event more often percentage who would be encouraged to go more often by "reason listed below":

Table B7.1 Factors that would encourage the exhibition or collection of art, photography or sculpture attendees - who want to attend more often - to actually attend more often (%)

Better quality performances and events

4

More performances and events about subjects I'm interested in

12

If I had more free time

41

If I had (more) people to go with

5

Cheaper admission prices

4

More performances and events closer to where I live

14

Better information on what is available

8

Better public transport links/ access to transport

4

Easier access in/ around the building e.g. disabled ramps etc

1

More activities for children

3

Better facilities such as toilets, shops, parking

0

Safer neighbourhood

0

{other}

2

Base

549

Question: In the last 12 months you have not attended any cultural activity (from the ones listed) within Scotland in the last 12 months, did you not attend because of "reasons listed below"?

Interpretation: Of the part of the population who have not attended any cultural event in Scotland in the last 12 months, percentage who do not attend because of reason "reasons listed below".

Table B8 Why the cultural non-attendees do not attend (%)

All

It costs too much

6

I don't know enough about it

2

Never occurred to me

8

Not really interested

35

I don't have anyone to go with

2

I wouldn't enjoy it

2

Not enough facilities close to where I live

3

Health isn't good enough

18

I might feel uncomfortable or out of place

0

Lack of transport/ I can't easily get to it

2

Poor access to venues ( e.g. no disabled ramps)

0

Not enough information on what is available

1

Didn't enjoy it last time

0

It's difficult to find the time

17

I would feel unsafe going to/from the activity/event

1

{other}

0

I would feel unsafe at the activity/event

3

Too old

0

Refused

0

Base

1,762

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