Survey on Habits and Cultural Practices, 2010-2011

Summary

Its purpose is, firstly, to evaluate the performance of the main indicators related to cultural habits and practices and, secondly, to deepen other relevant aspects in the cultural field, especially with respect to consumption of cultural products. It is defined as a tool to provide some statistical information to help the governmental Plan for the Abatement and Removal of Infringing Activities on Intellectual Property. Indicators are obtained to support the comparisons over time coming from the previous project (2006-2007), along with the Eurostat Working Group for Cultural Statistics.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Survey different
Other: Every quarter to complete the sample total size.

Data gathering method
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access
All the data are accessible as tables (defined by the provider) online for free (see below).

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Aggregated tables are offered as the main results of the survey for several topics, all in Spanish: the press release (http://www.mcu.es/culturabase/pdf/notaprensaT9P9_2010-2011.pdf), the main results (general tables, data over time, relation among variables and indicators) and an abridged report (http://www.mcu.es/estadisticas/docs/EHC/2010/Sintesis_2010-2011.pdf), and, finally, the more detailed tables (close to 500 tables) (http://www.mcu.es/culturabase/cgi/um?L=0&N=&O=pcaxis&M=%2Ft9%2Fp9%2Fa1a2010-2011&verAnyo=Ver+A%F1o). No information on microdata is available on the website.

Formats available
ASCII, CSV, Excel, SAS, SPSS, STATA, Text, etc.

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Wave 1: Data was collected from 2002 to 2003. The sample size included 12,108 individuals. Wave 2: Data was collected from 2006 to 2007. The sample size included 16,408 individuals. Wave 3: Data was collected from 2010 to 2011. The sample size included 16,408 individuals. As the survey is composed by four sub-samples (March-May, June-August, September-November and December-February), individual data were collected in the month following each quarter. When the reference date for data collected is one year, this refers to the period between March 2010 and February 2011, to follow the seasonal cultural behaviours.

First year of collection
2002-03

Stratification if applicable
Two-stage sampling (census tracts and individuals aged 16 and over)

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
All of Spain

Age range
People aged 16 and over living in private dwellings were interviewed. Data from those younger than 15 were collected through the adult interviewed

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Questionnaire contains two sets of variables: first, those referred to the cultural practices and products (Monuments, sites, museums and archives, Reading habits and Libraries, Ballet or dance, opera, operetta and theatre, Concerts of classical and contemporary music, Film and Video, Music, TV, Radio, Computer and Internet and other practices related to leisure and culture), and second, the classification variables (age, sex, nationality, educational level, economic and professional statuses, cultural home equipments and cultural interests).

Linkage

Standardisation
Survey is aligned with the Eurostat Working Group for Cultural Statistics, after the 2006-7 survey.

Possibility of linkage among databases
No

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Data consistency was assured by means of debugging individual questionnaires, invalid and inconsistent values detection, analysis of aggregate and classification variables, comparisons over time and comparisons with other statistical sources. Data files were treated to estimate the missing response and to define weighted factors.

Breaks
The last two surveys (2006-7, 2010-11) have stable contents and results, while the first survey is slightly different in terms of sample size and some indicators. In spite of this, a general overview over time is possible.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
High consistency in concepts and definitions, variables and indicators, and data results.

Governance

Contact information
Secretary on Analysis and Statistics
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (Secretary of State of Culture)
Plaza del Rey, 1
28004 Madrid Spain Phone: 91 701 70 00
Email:
Url: http://www.mcu.es/culturabase/cgi/um?M=/t9/p9&O=culturabase&N=&L=0

Timeliness, transparency
No information