Summary of the Results Vladimír Bína Inventory of Methodological Questionnaire on National Surveys on Participation in Cultural Activities Summary of the Results Vladimír Bína
Response National Surveys Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium), France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey. AES/EU SILC Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia. No response Austria, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg (Pratiques culturelles 2009?), Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom (Taking Part?) Walloonia (Belgium).
Cultural Participation (Nathalie Berthomier) Visits to Different Kinds of Performing Arts Distinguished Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, France, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland. Sweden distinguishes only visits to theatre and all kinds of concerts. Visits to Cinema Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. Visits to Museums and Galleries
Cultural Participation (Continued) Visits to libraries Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. Netherlands only asks membership of public libraries. Until now, no country includes questions on accessing libraries via Internet. Amateur Practices Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, France, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. Participation in 'Informal' Cultural Events Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland.
Media Habits (Cajsa Anufrijeff Röhr) Reading in Leisure Time Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders*, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands*, Poland, Spain, Switzerland. Watching Television and Recorded Images Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders*, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands*, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. Listening to Radio and Recorded Sound Using Internet for Cultural Purposes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders*, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands*, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. *In the Netherlands and Flanders Media Habits are recorded by the means of a periodical Time Use Surveys
Other Activities (Cajsa Anufrijeff Röhr) Other Activities in Leisure Time (Sport, Hobbies etcetera) Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, France, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden.
Civic Participation (Mirja Liikkanen) Voluntary Work, Donating Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey. Helping behaviour Denmark, Flanders, Netherlands, Turkey. Participation in Political Parties and Trade Unions Denmark, Finland, Flanders, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey. Participation in Religion and Ideological Organisations Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Turkey.
Civic Participation (Continued) Participation in Pressure Groups Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey. Participation in Cultural Associations Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey. Participation in Other Associations Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey.
Survey (Nele Peil) Dedicated Survey Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Flanders, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta. Module on Cultural Participation in another Survey Finland, Netherlands, Sweden. Periodicity of the Survey Yearly: Czech Republic, Flanders. 5 years or less: Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland. 5 to 10 years: Denmark, Finland, France, Malta, Sweden.
Sample (Guy Pauwels) Number of Respondents Less than 2 000: Flanders, Malta 2 000 to 5 000: Finland, France, Sweden, Switzerland 5 000 to 10 000: Czech Republic, Poland 10 000 and more: Italy, Netherlands, Spain
How to Proceed? A Proposal To skip civic participation To collect questions on cultural participation and media habits from countries who responded to the Methodological Questionnaire. To conduct a limited analysis of comparable results (Updating the data in the LEG Report Cultural Statistics in the EU).