Assessing Legacy Equality Statistics – Connected Theme
2015
CONNECTED
Scottish Household Survey (2013)
AGE
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In 2013, the percentage of adults who have engaged in culture in the last 12 months (those
who attended a cultural event or participated in any cultural activity) decreased with
increasing age (from 94% of those aged 16 to 24 to 89% of those aged 60 to 74). The figure
for cultural engagement is lower for those aged 75 and above (80%).
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Cultural attendance at specific events or places vary by age for particular events or places.
However, overall attendance at any cultural event is higher for the younger age groups and
lower for the oldest age groups.
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Differences between the youngest and oldest age groups are most marked for cinema
attendance and for attendance at live music events. Over four fifths (83%) of 16 to 24 year
olds state that they have viewed films at the cinema in the last 12 months, compared with less
than a fifth (18%) of those aged 75 or greater. Nearly half (46%) of 16 to 24 year olds state
that they have attended a live music event in the last 12 months. This compares with 20% of
60 to 74 year olds and 8% of those aged 75 or greater.
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Levels of cultural participation in any activity in the last 12 months year are broadly constant
for those aged 16 to 74 (averaging 79%) whilst participation levels are lower for those aged
75 or over (74%).
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Participation in the last 12 months in some, but not all cultural activities decreases with
increasing age of respondent. For instance, playing a musical instrument is most popular
amongst 16 to 24 year olds (19%), whilst the figure drops to 6% for 60 to 74 year olds and
5% for those aged 75 or above.
GENDER
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In 2013, the percentage of adults who engaged in culture in the previous 12 months (those
who attended a cultural place or event or participated in a cultural activity) was 93% for
women and 89% for men.
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Slightly more women attend cultural events than men (82% and 79% respectively).
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Women are more likely to attend a wider range of cultural events than men. The greatest
percentage point difference is for attendance at the theatre (39% of women compared with
25% of men). Library visits also show considerable differences by gender, with 34% of women
and 25% of men reporting that they have visited in the last 12 months.
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Attendance by men is the same as for women for going to a live music event, or visiting a
historic site.
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Overall cultural participation is higher for women (84%) than men (73%), but there are
specific activities in which participation by men is greater.
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Participation in the past 12 months in some activities is higher for men than women. This
includes playing a musical instrument or writing music (14% of men, 8% of women),
photography as an artistic activity (11% of men compared with 8% of women) and using a
computer/social media to create artworks or animation (23% of men compared with 22% of
women).
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Women participate more than men in a number of cultural activities including reading for
pleasure (75% compared with 60%), dancing (15% compared with 9%) and in crafts (23%
compared with 6%).
Assessing Legacy Equality Statistics – Connected Theme
2015
ETHNICITY AND RELIGION
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Results on ethnicity or religion should be treated with caution due to sample sizes.
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In 2013, 83% of those with no religion, and 78% of Christians engaged in culture (attended a
cultural place or event or participated in a cultural activity) in the last 12 months. Cultural
engagement amongst those in another religious group was 79%.
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Respondents from the white ethnic group (91%) reported similar cultural engagement in the
last 12 months to other minority ethnic groups (90%).
DEPRIVATION1
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Cultural engagement in the last 12 months increases as deprivation decreases. In 2013, 86%
of people in the 20% most deprived areas in Scotland engaged in culture compared to 96% of
people in the 20% least deprived areas.
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Attendance at a cultural event or place in the last 12 months follows a similar pattern: 72% of
respondents from the 20% most deprived areas in Scotland attended a cultural event. This
figure increased to 90% of respondents attending from the 20% least deprived areas.
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Participation in a cultural activity in the last 12 months follows a similar pattern, with 68% of
respondents from the 20% most deprived areas in Scotland participating in the last 12
months. This figure increases to 88% among those in the 20% least deprived areas.
DISABILITY
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In 2013, 77% of people with a disability, and 94% of people with neither a disability or longterm illness engaged in culture in the last 12 months.
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These figures refer to the 20% most and least deprived areas, according to the 2012 Scottish
Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)
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