Southern Culture
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Employment
South East’s creative and cultural industries provide jobs for 560,000 people, and contribute an annual turnover of some £46.5 billion to the region. Between 1995 and 2000 employment in the sector grew rapidly - by 28.4 per cent. In employment terms the sector is one of the most significant one the South East – it employs 13.2 per cent of the regional workforce.
Taking Part Survey
The Taking Part Survey is a national continuous survey of participation in cultural activity through face-to-face interviews with adults living in private households in England. The survey was commissioned by the DCMS, Arts Council England, Sport England, MLA and English Heritage, and kicked off in July 05.
The key aims of the survey are to:
- provide a robust measurement of the Departmental Public Service Agreement (PSA) target 3
- meet the key data requirements of stakeholders around the general theme of participation, attendance and attitudes amongst individual DCMS targets at a national level
- provide data comparable across different sectors.
The lowest geographical area in which sample sizes may afford a reliable result are Government Office Regions.
The Southeast Cultural Observatory and the South East Regional Assembly have worked together to use the Taking Part Survey results for the South East to measure Objective 9 of the Integrated Regional Framework, published in the Annual Monitoring Report in the Spring 07. Objective 9 is the participation in cultural activities by priority groups.
The DCMS is currently investigating putting the Year 1 dataset on a central internet server which will allow simple analysis of the data to be undertaken by interested parties.
Click here for the Annual Report.
For more information, contact:
Rebbecca Aust – rebbecca.aust@culture.gsi.gov.uk or 020 7211 6112, or
Lisa Vine – lisa.vine@culture.gsi.gov.uk or 020 7211 6110
http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Research/taking_part_survey/.
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