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

Annex A Cultural Participation

Annex A data also available in Excel format (108k)

Summary headings (Table A1 to A1.8)	Individual headings (Table A2 to A2.8)
Reading and buying books	Read for pleasure (not newspapers, magazines or comics)
	Read a Scottish book or book by a Scottish author
	Bought a novel, or book of stories, poetry or plays for yourself
	Attended a reading group
Any visual arts	Painted, drawn, printed, or sculptured?
	Participated in photography as an artistic activity (not family or holiday snaps)?
	Made films or videos as an artistic activity (not family or holiday films)?
Undertaking any crafts	Done textile crafts such as embroidery, crocheting or knitting
	Done wood crafts such as wood turning, carving or furniture making
	Done any other crafts such as calligraphy, pottery or jewellery making
Any performance	Sang to an audience or rehearsed for a performance? (not karaoke)
	Played a musical instrument to an audience or rehearsed for a performance?
	Played a musical instrument for their own pleasure?
	Danced ballet?
	Danced for fitness?
	Rehearsed or performed in a play/drama?
	Rehearsed or performed in a opera/operetta?
	Danced (not for) for fitness?
Any writing	Written any stories, plays or books
	Written any poetry
	Written music
Computer based	Used a computer to create original artworks or animation
Computer based	Used a computer to create music
Cultural purchases	Bought any original works of art for yourself
Cultural purchases	Bought any original or handmade crafts such as pottery or jewellery for yourself
Taken part in another creative activity	Taken part in another creative activity

Question: In the last 12 months have you (not including paid work or academic study) taken part in categories of specific cultural activities listed below?

Interpretation: Percentage of the Scottish population taking part in categories of specific cultural activities listed below in the last 12 months

Table A1 Participation in categories of cultural activities (%)

	All
Any activity	79
Reading and buying books	69
Any visual arts	15
Undertaking any crafts	20
Any performance	25
Any writing	6
Computer based	7
Cultural purchases	17
Taken part in another creative activity	1
None of the above	21
Base	3383

Table A1.1 Participation in categories of cultural activities, by gender (%)

	All	Male	Female
Any activity	79	74	82
Reading and buying books	69	62	74
Any visual arts	15	16	15
Undertaking any crafts	20	11	27
Any performance	25	23	26
Any writing	6	8	6
Computer based	7	8	6
Cultural purchases	17	10	22
Taken part in another creative activity	1	1	1
None of the above	21	26	18
Base	3383	1434	1949

Table A1.2 Participation in categories of cultural activities, by age (%)

	All	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-59	60-74	75+
Any activity	79	85	78	79	78	79	71
Reading and buying books	69	69	67	70	70	70	61
Any visual arts	15	21	23	18	11	14	8
Undertaking any crafts	20	13	22	20	18	23	21
Any performance	25	38	30	23	24	21	16
Any writing	6	16	10	4	5	4	3
Computer based	7	9	9	10	6	5	1
Cultural purchases	17	12	19	19	20	16	8
Taken part in another creative activity	1	-	0	1	2	2	1
None of the above	21	15	22	21	22	21	29
Base	3383	280	439	616	832	780	436

Table A1.3 Participation in categories of cultural activities, by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles (%)

	All	1 Most deprived	2	3	4	5 Least deprived
Any activity	79	67	74	79	86	87
Reading and buying books	69	56	61	68	79	79
Any visual arts	15	11	15	16	19	16
Undertaking any crafts	20	18	17	22	23	20
Any performance	25	22	22	24	30	25
Any writing	6	7	4	6	8	7
Computer based	7	6	7	6	7	8
Cultural purchases	17	9	14	15	21	23
Taken part in another creative activity	1	0	0	2	2	2
None of the above	21	33	26	21	14	13
Base	3383	573	690	805	711	604

Table A1.4 Participation in categories of cultural activities, by urban/rural classification (%)

	All	Urban settlements of over 125,000 pop.	Other urban	Small accessible towns, pop 3-10k, drive<30	Small remote towns, pop 3-10k, drive>30	Accessible rural, pop<3k, drive<30	Remote rural, pop<3k, drive>30
Any activity	79	80	76	78	74	80	81
Reading and buying books	69	71	65	67	64	72	73
Any visual arts	15	15	14	15	15	17	23
Undertaking any crafts	20	19	18	20	22	23	26
Any performance	25	28	20	23	25	24	30
Any writing	6	7	5	7	4	6	9
Computer based	7	7	7	6	4	8	8
Cultural purchases	17	17	17	12	15	16	21
Taken part in another creative activity	1	1	1	2	-	1	2
None of the above	21	20	24	22	26	20	19
Base	3383	922	1105	298	233	410	415

Table A1.5 Participation in categories of cultural activities, by longstanding illness or disability (%)

	All	Yes	No
	Illness / disability
Any activity	79	72	81
Reading and buying books	69	63	71
Any visual arts	15	13	16
Undertaking any crafts	20	22	19
Any performance	25	20	26
Any writing	6	5	7
Computer based	7	6	7
Cultural purchases	17	12	18
Taken part in another creative activity	1	2	1
None of the above	21	28	19
Base	3383	954	2429

Table A1.6 Participation in categories of cultural activities, by number of cars in household (%)

	All	0	1	2+
Any activity	79	69	80	85
Reading and buying books	69	57	69	77
Any visual arts	15	9	16	19
Undertaking any crafts	20	18	18	23
Any performance	25	19	24	29
Any writing	6	6	6	7
Computer based	7	4	7	10
Cultural purchases	17	7	18	23
Taken part in another creative activity	1	1	1	1
None of the above	21	31	20	15
Base	3383	977	1488	918

Table A1.7 Participation in categories of cultural activities, by gross annual income (%)

	All	Up to £5,199	£5,200 to £10,399	£10,400 to £15,599	£15,600 to £20,799	£20,800 to £25,999	£26,000 to £36,399	£36,400 and above	not known
Any activity	79	81	73	81	82	84	85	88	73
Reading and buying books	69	69	62	70	69	74	77	86	64
Any visual arts	15	20	12	16	20	19	19	15	12
Undertaking any crafts	20	24	22	22	17	23	17	13	17
Any performance	25	25	20	26	32	31	27	26	21
Any writing	6	7	4	7	8	5	8	9	6
Computer based	7	9	4	6	6	11	8	12	6
Cultural purchases	16	14	12	16	19	19	23	30	14
Taken part in another creative activity	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	2	1
None of the above	21	19	27	19	18	16	15	12	27
Base	3303	336	721	531	310	220	244	172	769

Table A1.8 Participation in categories of cultural activities, by highest qualification (%)

	All	Degree, Professional Qualifications	HNC/ HND or equivalent	Higher, A level or equivalent	O Grade, Standard Grade or equivalent	Other qualifications	No qualifications	Don't know
Any activity	79	92	89	93	74	78	60	*
Reading and buying books	69	86	80	83	63	65	48	*
Any visual arts	16	24	21	22	13	13	5	*
Undertaking any crafts	20	26	19	23	18	23	14	*
Any performance	25	37	28	31	21	16	14	*
Any writing	7	12	8	10	5	1	2	*
Computer based	7	11	12	8	6	5	2	*
Cultural purchases	17	34	22	18	10	8	5	*
Taken part in another creative activity	1	2	-	0	1	3	1	*
None of the above	21	8	11	7	26	22	40	*
Base	3285	752	272	469	643	224	892	33

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