The Multipurpose survey on households “Aspects of daily life” (Aspetti della Vita Quotidiana, AVQ) is an annual survey conducted by Istat, the Italian National Institute of Statistics and carried out by interviewing a sample of 24,000 households (for a total of about 50,000 people) using a CAWI/PAPI mixed mode technique.
AVQ survey is part of an integrated system of social surveys and collects fundamental information on individual and households’ daily life, providing information on citizens’ everyday life habits and activities. Where applicable, the survey also addresses children from the age of 3 and 6.
The survey is included in The National Statistics Plan, which gathers the statistical investigations necessary for the Country.
Metadata are available from 2001 for customization and downloading[1]. Information can be sorted by year, gender, age, occupational status, region and size of urban centre. Microdata are also available for research purposes from 2013[2].
Table 3 – People who participated in or attended a certain cultural activity during the last 12 months in Italy (in % of the population, 2015, 2019, 2020)
| 2020 | 2019 | 2015° | |
| Activities heavily subsidised by the state | |||
| Theatre* | 15.7 | 20.3 | 19.6 |
| Discos, dance halls, night clubs or other dancing venues* | 16.8 | 19.1 | 20.1 |
| Dance | ND | ND | ND |
| Classical music concerts, opera* | 7.6 | 9.9 | 9.7 |
| Libraries * | 12.4 | 15.3 | 15.1 |
| Museums, exhibitions * | 27.3 | 31.8 | 29.9 |
| Monuments, archeological sites * | 25.3 | 27.4 | 23.6 |
| Cultural centres | ND | ND | ND |
| Activities without large public subsidies | |||
| Cinema * | 45.3 | 48.5 | 49.7 |
| To read books not related to a profession or studies * | 41.4 | 40 | 42 |
| In paper format (Usually use) * | ND | 36.7 | ND |
| In digital format (Usually use) * | ND | 8.7 | ND |
| Directly on the Internet (Usually use) | ND | ND | ND |
| To listen to music (Usually listen) | ND | ND | ND |
| To listen to web radio and streaming music ^ | ND | 44 | 34 |
| To read periodic publications (Usually read) * | 32.5 | 35.4 | 47.1 |
| Reading online news sites/newspapers/news magazines ^ | 49 | 44 | ND |
| To watch videos (Usually watch) | ND | ND | ND |
| Watching video on demand from commercial services ^ | 32 | ND | 10 |
| Watching video content from sharing services ^ | 56 | ND | 47 |
| Watching video content from commercial or sharing services ^ | 59 | ND | 48 |
| To watch television (Usually watch) * | 91 | 91.1 | 92.2 |
| Watching internet streamed TV or videos ^ | 60 | ND | 50 |
| Watching internet streamed TV (live or catch-up) from TV broadcasters ^ | 27 | ND | 15 |
| To listen to the radio (Usually watch) * | 56.4 | 58.8 | 57.9 |
| Directly on the Internet | ND | ND | ND |
| Playing or downloading games, images, films, or music | 35.3 | 28.7 | 52.8 |
| To use a computer (Usually use) * | 55.4 | 54.9 | 56.5 |
| Internet (Usually use) * | 73.3 | 70.4 | 60.2 |
*: Istat data from survey “Aspects of daily life”.
^: Eurostat data from survey Use of ICT for cultural purposes.
°: Eurostat data refers to year 2016.
Note: Yellow lines have been added by authors.
About data in Table 3:
- Data aboutTheatres, Discos, dance halls, night clubs or other dancing places, classical music concerts, opera, museums and exhibitions, monuments and archaeological sites, and the cinema include persons aged 6 and over by events attended at least once over the last 12 months preceding the interview.
- Book reading refers to persons aged 6 and over who have read at least one book over the last 12 month preceding the interview.
- Periodic publications reading includes persons aged 6 and over who have read newspapers at least once a week over the last 12 month preceding the interview.
- Eurostat data on ICT use include persons aged 16-74 years;
- To watch television, To listen to the radio andTo use a computerrefer to persons aged 3 years and over;
- Playing or downloading games, images, film or music and use of the Internet refer to persons aged 6 years and over.
Data are available for browsing, customizing, and downloading on the website page http://dati.istat.it/.
Data reported above can be sorted by year, gender, age, occupational status, region and size of urban centre.
Using these data Istat also calculates a yearly synthetic indicator of cultural participation in the BES (Benessere Equo e Sostenibile – Equitable and Sustainable Well-being) Report[3].
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