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LATEST PUBLICATIONS
New segmentation research - July 2008
Visit our segmentation website, www.artscouncil.org.uk/audienceinsight to download a summary publication about our new arts-based segmentation of English adults, based on Taking Part survey data.
Understanding arts attendance
Download the Arts Council's latest Taking Part report, From indifference to enthusiasm: patterns of arts attendance in England. This report, produced in association with Tak WIng Chan and John Goldthorpe from the University of Oxford, examines the patterns of attendance at arts events among English adults and how people's likelihood of attending is associated with various socio-demographic factors.
Executive summary [PDF 167 KB]
Executive summary [DOC 139 KB]
Full report [PDF 1.5 MB]
Full report [DOC 6.1 MB] NB This document will take a considerable time to download
To accompany this publication we have also produced a series of artform briefings examining the levels of attendance and participation and the socio-demographic variation of engagement per artform.
Combined arts [DOC 191 KB]
Dance [DOC 284.5 KB]
Literature [DOC 181.5 KB]
Music [DOC 423.5 KB]
Theatre, street arts and circus [DOC 236.5 KB]
Briefing for visual arts coming soon.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Taking Part briefings
A series of briefings providing additional insights from the Taking Part survey.
Briefing No. 1. An annual treat or a weekly fix? [DOC 144.5 KB]
Taking Part findings on frequency of engagement with different arts events and activities
Briefing No. 2. The art of volunteering [DOC 311.5 KB]
Taking Part findings on volunteering
Briefing No. 3. Exploring audience overlap [DOC 173 KB]
Taking Part findings on how the audiences of different arts events and activities are related
Taking Part annual reports
Informing change - Arts Council annual report
Headline findings on arts attendance and participation and the demographic variation in engagement.
Full report [PDF 1.6 MB]
Full report [DOC 10.1 MB] NB Large file size
Executive summary [PDF 81 KB]
Executive summary [DOC 103 KB]
Regional headline findings can also be downloaded separately:
North East
North West
Yorkshire
East Midlands
West Midlands
East
London
South East
South West
DCMS Annual Report, May 2007
DCMS report on the first full year of the survey covering all DCMS sectors - download from the DCMS website.
Child survey headline report
First findings from the Taking Part child survey, including levels of engagement in different arts events and activities among English children aged 11–15 - download from the DCMS website.
TAKING PART SURVEY
Taking Part is a major, continuous national survey commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in partnership with Arts Council England, Sport England, English Heritage and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
Every year it collects information from nearly 30,000 adults (aged 16 and over) about their attendance at a wide variety of arts events, museums, galleries, libraries and heritage sites, and about their participation in creative activities and sport. The survey also asks about motivations and barriers to attendance and participation and collects a large quantity of socio-demographic information. The data is collected by BMRB Social Research in face-to-face interviews and the survey has been conducted since July 2005. Further information about Taking Part can be found on the DCMS website.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Patterns of arts participation
We are currently extending our multivariate analysis of arts attendance patterns, looking also at arts participation.
Related documents
- Informing change. Executive summary [110.42 KB]
- Informing change. Executive summary [103.5 KB]
- From indifference to enthusiasm. Executive summary [167.4 KB]
- From indifference to enthusiasm. Executive summary [138.99 KB]
- Taking Part survey briefing No. 1. An annual treat or a weekly fix? [144.5 KB]
- Taking Part survey briefing No. 2. The art of volunteering [311.5 KB]
- Taking Part survey briefing No. 3. Exploring audience overlap [173 KB]
- Taking Part survey briefing No. 4. Combined arts attendance in England [191 KB]
- Taking Part survey briefing No. 5. Dance attendance and participation in England [284.5 KB]
- Taking Part survey briefing No. 6. Engagement with literature in England [181.5 KB]
- Taking Part survey briefing No. 7. Music attendance and participation in England [423.5 KB]
- Taking Part survey briefing No. 8. Attendance and participation in theatre, street arts and circus in England [236.5 KB]
