Cultural Participation and Consumption

UPDATED DECEMBER 2008

Compendium authors present the most up to date information and data on participation trends in cultural life which is available in their countries. A distinction is made between attendance rates at publicly subsidised cultural institutions (museums, concert halls, theatres) and consumption of cultural activities, goods and services. 

Country specific information on the latest public policy and programme initiatives to promote participation in cultural life is available from chapters 8.2.1 (trends and figures) and 8.2.2 (policies and programmes). 

2008 CUPIX data on "Prices for Selected Cultural Goods and Services" is available! While this exercise is not intended to be a cultural price index in the traditional sense, it does help to illustrate the result of policy measures such as the fixed book price or differences between the prices of publicly funded services vs private sector culture industries.

Compendium Tables

• NEW! 2008 CUPIX: Prices for Selected Cultural Goods and Services
   
• Participation in Selected Cultural Activities
• Diversity in European Feature Film Production and Consumption
• 2007 CUPIX: Prices for Selected Cultural Goods and Services
• 2006 CUPIX: Prices for Selected Cultural Goods and Services
• 2005 CUPIX: Prices for Selected Cultural Goods and Services
• 2003 CUPIX: Prices for Selected Cultural Goods and Services

External Resources

• Cultural Statistics Observatory: created by Sten Månsson (Sweden) with comprehensive links to international, European and national data, expert studies and national statistical offices. See "facts and figures" for direct access to comparative data and transnational exercises on participation, funding, employment, development, culture industries, etc.
• Eurostat Pocketbooks: Cultural Statistics in Europe 2007 includes data on public funding for culture, participation rates in cultural life, employment figures for the cultural labour market. French version available. 
• European Social Survey
• World Values Survey
• UNESCO World Culture Report 2000
• John Paolillo, Daniel Pimienta, Daniel Prado: Measuring Linguistic Diversity on the Internet. UNESCO, Paris, 2005 (French Version)
• EU-Eurobarometer Survey,  European's Participation in Cultural Activities, 2002.
• EU-Eurobarometer Survey,  New Europeans and Culture, 2003.
• European Audiovisual Observatory. European Cinema Attendance Figures 2005 (Press Release with Data Tables, 9 February 2006)
• Susan Newman-Baudais:  The Outlook for European Exhibition - Film Attendance in Europe. European Audiovisual Observatory, Strasbourg, 2005.