Coverage: Northern Ireland Frequency: Annual Publication
Date: 26 September 2024
Main Stories
In 2023/24, 87% of adults had engaged in some way with culture, arts and
heritage.
Adults who have a disability (69%) were less likely to engage with the
arts than adults who do not have a disability (85%).
A higher proportion of adults who lived in the least deprived areas
(56%) have visited a museum or science centre than those who lived in
the most deprived areas (28%) within the previous year.
In 2023/24, adults with dependants were more likely to have used the
public library service (29%) compared to adults who do not have
dependants (18%).
Relatively more adults living in urban areas had visited a place of
historic interest than those living in rural areas within the previous
year (68% and 57% respectively).
In 2023/24, a higher proportion of adults aged 45 and over used PRONI
services in the last 12 months (6%) than those aged 44 and under (4%).
“I had fun”, “Improved my knowledge” and “Positive impact on my
wellbeing”/ “Made me feel better about myself” were among the top
benefits cited by adults who engaged with the arts, visited museums and
science centres and used the public library service.
Introduction
Among other policy areas, the Department for Communities (DfC) is the
lead department for arts and creativity, heritage, museums, libraries,
public records and sports. This bulletin follows a headline bulletin
released in July 2024 and brings together information on the experience
of the arts, libraries, museums, heritage and PRONI.
Experience of culture, arts and heritage includes:
Engagement in the arts (includes both arts participation and arts
attendance)
Usage of the public library service
Visits to museums and science centres
Visits to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Visits to a place of historic interest
This report presents the findings from the 2023/24 Continuous
Household Survey (CHS) in relation to experience of culture, arts and
heritage in Northern Ireland. These findings are used to inform the
development, monitoring and evaluation of policy. More information
relating to the CHS, methodology, definitions and the interpretation of
the figures can be found in the Definitions & technical
notes section. Data tables are available in
Excel
and
ODS
format. The questions that were asked in the CHS 2023/24 are available
here.
Note: Data collection for the 2023/24 CHS was carried out using a
mix of telephone and face-to-face interviewing modes, a similar approach
to that used in 2022/23. For 2020/21 and 2021/22 data collection was by
telephone interviewing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. There
was also a reduction in the number of questions between 2020/21-2022/23.
As a result, the figures from 2020/21 onwards are not directly
comparable to previous years due to the significant changes to the
survey in terms of methodology and content. More information is
available on the
NISRA
website.
Lead statistician: Amy Lewis
Engagement in culture, arts and heritage
In 2023/24, just under nine in every ten adults in Northern Ireland
(87%) had engaged in culture, arts and heritage at least once within the
previous year, an increase on the 2022/23 figure of 85%. Women were more
likely to have engaged in culture, arts and heritage within the previous
year than men (90% and 85% respectively).
The proportions of adults who engaged with culture, arts and heritage
generally decreased as age group increased, particularly beyond the
45-54 years age group.
Adults with a disability were less likely to have engaged with culture,
arts and heritage compared to those without a disability (78% and 91%
respectively). Also, adults living in a rural area (85%) were less
likely to engage than those living in an urban area (89%).
Analysis by deprivation shows that adults living in the least deprived
areas were more likely to have engaged in culture, arts and heritage
than those living in the most deprived areas (94% and 82% respectively).
There was also a difference in engagement rates between adults with
dependants and those without dependants (93% and 84% respectively).
Culture, arts, and heritage - Trends
In 2023/24, 87% had engaged with culture, arts and heritage within the
previous year, an increase on the 2022/23 figure of 85%. The proportion
of adults engaging in culture and the arts had increased compared to
2022/23 (83% and 80%, respectively).
Note: The results from the 2020/21-2023/24 are not directly
comparable to previous years due to the significant changes to the
survey in terms of methodology and content. While comparisons can be
made between 2021/22 - 2023/24, it is important to note that engagement
in 2021/22 would have been impacted by closures due to COVID-19.
Figures for visiting a place of historic interest can only be
combined with culture and the arts from 2021/22 onwards.
Gender
Women were more likely than men to have engaged in culture and the arts
within the previous year (86% and 80% respectively). This difference has
remained consistent over the entire trend period. Additionally, a higher
proportion of women (90%) than men (85%) had engaged in culture, arts
and heritage.
Deprivation
Adults who lived in the least deprived areas (91%) were more likely to
have engaged in culture and the arts than those who live in the most
deprived areas (76%). As with gender, this difference has remained
consistent over the reporting period and there was also a difference for
engagement in culture, arts and heritage (Least deprived:94%; Most
deprived:82%).
Arts
Engagement in the arts
In 2023/24, four out of every five adults (80%) had engaged with the
arts within the previous year, i.e. either participated in arts
activities or attended arts events, an increase on the 2022/23 figure of
77%. Women were more likely to have engaged with the arts compared with
men (83% and 78% respectively).
When looking at age group, there is a relationship between engagement in
the arts and age, with engagement generally decreasing as age increases.
There were differences in the proportions of adults engaging in the arts
when analysed by disability, deprivation and whether they live in urban
or rural areas. Adults who do not have a disability (85%), those who
live in the least deprived areas (89%) and those living in an urban area
(82%) were more likely to engage with the arts than their respective
counterparts, adults who have a disability (69%), live in the most
deprived areas (73%) and live in rural areas (78%). However, analysis by
religion shows no difference in the proportions of adults from Catholic
and Protestant backgrounds who had engaged with the arts (both 79%).
Participation in arts activities
In 2023/24, three out of every ten adults (30%) participated in an arts
activity at least once within the previous year, an increase on the
2022/23 figure of 28%. A higher proportion of women than men
participated in arts activities (35% and 24% respectively).
More adults from the Protestant community participated in arts
activities within the previous year (32%) than those from the Catholic
community (23%). Adults with a disability were more likely to have
participated in the arts compared to adults without a disability (34%
and 28% respectively).
Further analysis of the 2023/24 data shows that there were differences
in the proportions of adults participating in the arts with adults with
dependants (28%) being less likely than those without (31%). In
addition, adults living in the least deprived areas (37%) and those
living in urban areas (31%) were more likely to participate in the arts
than their respective counterparts, those living in the most deprived
areas (25%) and those living in rural areas (28%) .
Types of arts activities
The five most popular arts activities that adults participated in within
the previous year were: ‘Textile crafts such as embroidery, crocheting
or knitting’ (10%), ‘Painting, drawing, printmaking or sculpture’ (9%),
‘Took photographs or made films or videos as an artistic activity’ (7%),
‘Sang or played a musical instrument to an audience or rehearsed for
performance’ (7%) and ‘Wood crafts such as wood turning, carving and
furniture making’ (4%).
Attendance at arts events
In 2023/24, just over three-quarters of adults (76%) had attended at
least one arts event within the previous year, an increase on the
2022/23 figure of 71%. More women than men had attended an arts event
within the previous year (78% and 75% respectively). There is a
relationship between arts attendance and age, with attendance generally
decreasing as age increases.
There were differences in the proportions of adults attending arts
events when analysed by disability, having dependants, deprivation and
whether they lived in an urban or rural area. Adults with a disability
were less likely to attend an art event than adults without a disability
(61% and 83% respectively), while a higher proportion of adults with
dependants attended art events than those without dependants (83% and
72% respectively).
Futhermore, adults who lived in the least deprived areas were more
likely to have attended an arts event (85%) than those who live in the
most deprived areas (69%). In addition, those adults who lived in urban
areas were more likely to have attended an arts event than those who
lived in rural areas (78% compared to 74%).
The most popular arts events attended by adults over the previous year
were ‘Film at cinema or other venue’ (57%), ‘A live music performance’
(39%), ‘Visited a national or local museum’ (36%) and ‘A play, drama
other theatre performance’ (24%).
When adults who only attend a cinema are excluded from the analysis
attendance at arts events reduces to 67%.
Benefits to engaging in the arts
Just under four out of every five adults (78%) who had engaged in the
arts cited having fun as a benefit, while three out of five (60%) stated
that it had a positive impact on their well-being as a main benefit.
Other popular benefits cited include; ‘Enabled me to communicate with
family / friends’ (27%), ‘Improved my knowledge’ (23%) and ‘I made new
friends’ (18%). One out of every twenty adults (5%) felt that they ‘Did
not feel any benefits’ from engaging in the arts.
When analysed by gender, women were more likely to cite ‘I enjoyed being
creative’ as a benefit to engaging in the arts. Whilst men were more
likely to cite ‘I made new friends’ as a benefit.
Engagement with the arts - Trends
Consistently over the trend period, engagement with the arts has been
largely driven by attendance at art events.
Gender
Women were more likely to have engaged with the arts within the previous
year than men (83% and 78% respectively). This is a result of both their
greater likelihood of having participated in an arts activity (35%) and
having attended an arts event (78%) within the previous year than men
(24% and 75% respectively). This has also been the case throughout the
entire trend period with a higher proportion of women engaging with the
arts than men year on year.
Age group
Generally speaking attendance at an arts event decreases with age. This
is especially true beyond the 45-54 age group with lower proportions
from successive age groups attending an arts event within the previous
year. Adults aged 65 years and over have consistently been the least
likely to have attended an arts events.
Looking at arts participation over the years shows no clear trend by age
group, with around a third of all age groups having participated in the
arts at least once within the previous year.
Museums and Science centres
In 2023/24, just under two-fifths of adults (39%) had visited a
museum or science centre within the previous year, an increase on the
2022/23 figure of 32%.
While similar proportions of men and women had visited a museum or
science centre within the previous year (39% and 40% respectively),
there was a difference when analysed by age. Adults aged 45 and over
(33%) were less likely to have visited a museum or science centre than
those aged 44 and under (49%) within the previous year.
There were also differences in the proportions of adults visiting a
museum or science centre when analysed by religion, dependants and
disability. Adults from a Protestant background were more likely to
visit a museum or science centre than adults from a Catholic background
(42% and 33% respectively). In addition, adults with dependants were
more likely to have visited than adults without dependants (46% and 35%
respectively). However, adults with a disability (31%) were less likely
to visit a museum or science centre than those without a disability
(43%).
Analysis by area shows that adults who lived in the least deprived areas
(56%) and those who lived in urban areas (42%) were more likely to have
visited a museum or science centre than their respective counterparts,
those who lived in the most deprived areas (28%) and those living in
rural areas (35%).
Visited a NMNI museum
National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) has four museums across
Northern Ireland. Just under a quarter of adults (24%) had been to a
NMNI museum within the previous year an increase on the 2022/23 figure
of 20%.
Similar proportions of men and women had visited a National Museum in
2023/24 (25% and 24% respectively). Adults aged 45 and over were less
likely to have visited a national museum (19%) than those aged 44 and
under (30%).
As with visits to museums and science centres as a whole, there were
differences in the proportions of adults visiting a national museum when
analysed by dependants, disability, deprivation and urban and rural
areas. Adults with dependants were more likely to have visited a
national museum in the past year than adults without dependants (28% and
22% respectively). However, adults with a disability were less likely to
visit a national museum (19%) than adults without a disability (27%).
Adults living in the least deprived areas were more likely to have
visited a national museum (38% compared to 18% for most deprived areas).
Similarly, those living in urban areas were more likely to have visited
a national museum (27% compared to 20% for rural areas).
Visited a local museum
In 2023/24, 22% of adults in Northern Ireland had visited a local
museum at least once within the previous year, an increase on the
2022/23 figure of 14%.
There was no significant difference in the proportions of adults who
visited a local museum within the previous year regarding gender or for
those aged under and over 45 years.
When analysed by religion, dependants, disability and deprivation, there
were differences in the proportions of adults visiting a local museum.
Adults from a Protestant background were more likely to have visited a
local museum than adults from a Catholic background (25% and 17%
respectively). Similarly, those adults with dependants were more likely
to have visited a local museum in the past year than adults without
dependants (24% and 21% respectively).
In contrast, adults living in the most deprived areas (13%) and adults
with a disability (18%) were less likely to have visited a local museum
within the past year than their respective counterparts, adults from the
least deprived areas (31%) and adults without a disability (24%).
Visited a science centre
Over one in ten of adults (13%) had visited a science centre at least
once within the within the previous year, an increase on the 2022/23
figure of 11%. Women were more likely to have visited a science centre
than men (15% and 12% respectively). In addition, adults aged 45 and
over were less likely to have visited a science centre (6%) than those
aged 44 and under (25%).
Further analysis showed differences in the proportions of adults
visiting a science centre in relation to dependants, disability,
deprivation and urban and rural areas. Adults with dependants were more
likely to have visited a science centre in the past year than adults
without dependants (22% and 7% respectively). However, adults with a
disability were less likely to have visited a science centre than those
who do not have a disability (10% and 15% respectively).
Analysis by area showed that adults living in the least deprived areas
were more likely to have visited a science centre (17% compared to 9%
for most deprived areas). Futhermore, those living in urban areas were
more likely to have visited a science centre compared to those living in
rural areas (14% and 12% respectively).
Popular museum and science centres visited
In 2023/24, the most popular museum or science centre visited was Ulster
Museum (17%). Just over one in every ten adults had visited W5 (11%),
while around one in every twenty had visited the Ulster Folk Museum
(6%), the Ulster Transport Museum (6%), Mount Stewart (6%) and the
Ulster American Folk Park (5%) .
Reasons for visiting a museum or science centre
Two-fifths of adults (40%) cited having a ‘general interest in the
subject of the museum/collection’ and ‘something to interest the
children’ as reasons for visiting a museum or science centre. A third of
adults (33%) said they visited a museum or science centre ‘to see a
specific exhibition/display’.
When analysed by gender, men were more likely to have expressed a
‘general interest in the subject of the museum/collection’ or ‘to see a
specific exhibition/display’ as a reason for visiting. Women were more
likely to have visited for the purposes of ‘something to interest the
children’ and ‘to take part in a creative activity’.
Benefits experienced from visiting a museum or science centre
Around three out of every five adults who had visited a museum or
science centre in the last year cited ‘I had fun’ (61%) and ‘Improved my
knowledge’ (59%) as benefits of their visit. Futhermore, around three in
every ten adults cited that the visit had ‘helped me to teach my
children’ (32%) and ‘made me feel better about myself’ (28%). Just over
a fifth of adults (22%) said it ‘enabled me to communicate with
family/friends’. However, 3% of adults stated that they felt no benefits
from having visited a museum or science centre in the last year.
Looking at the differences in gender, women were more likely than men to
have said ‘I had fun’ and that it ‘helped me to teach my children’, as
the main benefits of visiting a museum or science centre. However, men
were more likely to cite that it ‘improved mental health’ as a benefit.
Museum and science centre trends
Visits to museums and science centres
In 2023/24, the number of adults visiting a museum or science centre had
increased compared to 2022/23 (39% and 32% respectively). There was also
an increase in adults visiting a NMNI museum (24%), local museum (22%)
and science centre (13%) within the last 12 months compared to 2022/23
(20%, 14% and 11% respectively).
Note: In 2019/20, the questions on visits to museums were revised
to include a question to estimate the length of time from the last visit
to a museum. As a result of the inclusion of this question, figures for
visits to museums in 2019/20 are not comparable with previous
years.
Libraries
Used the public library service
In 2023/24, 23% of the adult population had used the public library
service at least once within the previous year, similiar to the 2022/23
figure of 22%.
Women were more likely to have used the public library service than men
(27% and 18% respectively). Similarly, adults aged 44 and under were
more likely to have used the public library service (30%) than those
aged 45 and over (17%).
There were no differences in the use of public library services when
comparing those living in either urban or rural areas, however there
were differences when analysing by dependants, disability and
deprivation. Adults with dependants were more likely to have used the
public library service (29%) compared to adults who do not have
dependants (18%). In contrast, adults with a disability were less likely
to have used the public library service than those without a disability
(18% and 24% respectively).
Furthermore, adults living in the least deprived area were more likely
to have used the public library service than those living in the most
deprived areas (26% and 21% respectively).
Frequency of use of the public library service
Just over one in every ten adults (11%) used the public library service
once a month or more within the last year, while just over
three-quarters of all adults in Northern Ireland (77%) had not used the
public library service at all within the last year.
Benefits of using the public library service
Half of all adults (50%) who had used the public library service in the
last year cited ‘improved my knowledge’ as a benefit. Just over
two-fifths of adults (42%) said that they had ‘learned something’, over
a quarter said ‘I had fun’ (28%), and just under a quarter said that it
‘made me feel better about myself’ (23%). However, 4% of adults stated
that they felt no benefits from using the public library service in the
last year.
Looking at the differences in gender, women were more likely than men to
have said ‘I had fun’, ‘helped me meet other people/feel less isolated’
and ‘helped me make new friends’ as benefits of using the public library
service.
Aware of online services offered by the public library service
Just under three-quarters of adults (73%) were aware of the ability to
borrow/renew books as an online service offered by the public library
service. Following this, just over two-fifths of adults (42%) were aware
of being able to download free eBooks/EAudiobooks. Around three in every
ten respondents said they were aware of downloading free eMagazines
(30%) and downloading free eNewspapers (29%) as an online service.
However, nearly a quarter of adults (24%) reported not being aware of
any of the listed online services offered by the public library service.
Satisfaction with Public Library Service
In 2023/24, two-thirds of adults (66%) were satisfied with public
library service in Northern Ireland. Only 2% stated that they were
dissatisfied. Just under one third of the adult population (32%) stated
that they were ‘neither satisfied nor dissatisfied’ with public library
service in Northern Ireland.
Satisfaction with public library service was greater among adults who
had used the public library service within the previous year (94%) than
it was among adults who had not used the public library service within
the previous year (57%).
Visited a public or mobile library
In 2023/24, just over one in every seven adults (16%) had visited a
public or mobile library.
Almost three-fifths (59%) of those adults who had visited a public or
mobile library had travelled a distance of less than 2 miles. Just under
a quarter (24%) had travelled a distance of 2 miles or more but less
than 5 miles whilst the remaining fifth (18%) reported travelling a
distance of 5 miles or more to visit a public or mobile library.
Just over three-fifths of adults (61%) who had visited a public or
mobile library travelled by car, whilst a third of adults (33%) visited
by foot. Other methods of travel used to visit a public or mobile
library include public transport (4%) or by bicycle (1%).
Reading books
When asked in what format they read books, just under two-thirds of
adults (65%) said they read a traditional paper book. In addition over a
quarter (27%) reported reading eBooks and just under one in every ten
adults (9%) cited an eAudiobook. Just under a quarter of adults (23%)
reported not reading books.
Just under two-thirds of adults (64%) said reading helped them to relax,
whilst a third of adults (33%) said reading books helped them sleep.
Around three in every ten adults said reading helped them to feel better
(30%) or helped them to concentrate (29%). Only 5% of adults said
reading books did not help them in any of the ways listed.
Public library service trends
Gender and use of the public library service
Women were more likely to have used the public library service within
the previous year than men (27% and 18% respectively). This has also
been the case throughout the entire trend period with a higher
proportion of women using the public library service than men year on
year.
PRONI
In 2023/24, 5% of adults had used PRONI services within the previous
year, the same as the 2022/23 figure. Use of PRONI services includes
visiting PRONI, the use of the PRONI website to access the online
catalogue or other applications, contacting PRONI by email to request
information and engaging with PRONI through social media or viewing a
PRONI exhibition at another public building.
In 2023/24, adults aged 45 and over were more likely to have used PRONI
services (6%) than those aged 44 and under (4%) in the last 12 months.
There were also differences when analysed by dependants and deprivation.
Adults with dependants were less likely to have used PRONI services
compared to those without dependants (6% and 4% respectively).
Similarly, adults living in the most deprived areas were less likely to
have used PRONI services compared to adults living in the least deprived
areas (2% and 8% respectively).
PRONI services used
In 2023/24, 2% of adults reported they had used the PRONI website or
engaged with PRONI through social media, visited PRONI, or contacted
PRONI by correspondence or email to request information. In addition, 1%
of adults had also engaged with PRONI in some other way. The majority of
respondents had not used any of PRONI services (95%).
Frequency of use of PRONI services
When asked how often they have used PRONI services over the previous
year, respondents had cited using PRONI services ‘less often than once a
month but at least 3 or 4 times a year’ (1%), ‘twice in the last 12
months’ (1%) or ‘once in the last 12 months’ (2%).
Heritage
Visited a place of historic interest
In 2023/24, 64% of adults in Northern Ireland had visited a place of
historic interest, an increase on the 2022/23 figure of 59%.
While there was no difference in the proportions of men and women who
had visited a place of historic within the previous year (both 64%),
there was a difference when analysed by age. Adults aged 44 and under
were more likely to have visited a place of historic interest (67%) than
those aged 45 and over (62%).
There were further differences in the proportions of adults visiting a
place of historic interest when analysed by religion, dependants and
disability. A higher proportion of adults from the Protestant community
had visited a place of historic interest within the previous year (69%)
than those from the Catholic community (55%).
Similarly, adults with dependants were more likely to have visited a
place of historic interest (69%) compared to adults who do not have
dependants (60%). In contrast, adults with a disability were less likely
to have visited a place of historic interest than those without a
disability (56% and 67% respectively).
Analysis by deprivation level showed that adults living in the least
deprived area were more likely to have visited a place of historic
interest than those living in the most deprived areas (80% and 51%
respectively). In addition, those living in urban areas were more likely
to have visited a place of historic interest than those living in a
rural area (68% and 57% respectively).
Heritage sites visited
More than two-fifths of adults had visited a city or town with historic
character (45%) or a historic park or garden open to the public (41%).
Just over a quarter of adults (26%) had visited a monument such as a
castle, fort or ruin, whilst a fifth (20%) had visited a historic
building open to the public.
Frequency of visits to a heritage site
Just over a fifth of adults (22%) said they visited a place of historic
interest less often than once a month but at least 3 or 4 times a year.
Around one in every ten adults said they visited a heritage site either
less often than once a week but at least once a month (13%), twice in
the last year (12%) or once in the last year (11%). Only 5% visited a
place of historic interest at least once a week.
Definitions & technical notes
Continuous Household Survey
The Continuous Household Survey is a Northern Ireland wide household
survey administered by Central Survey Unit, Northern Ireland Statistics
and Research Agency. The sample for this survey consists of a systematic
random sample of 8,940 addresses selected from the Land and Property
Service’s list of private addresses. The findings reported for 2023/24
are based on 4,927 respondents, aged 16 and over.
Note: Data collection for the 2023/24 CHS was carried out using a mix of
telephone and face-to-face interviewing modes, a similar approach to
that used in 2022/23. For 2020/21 and 2021/22 data collection was by
telephone interviewing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. There
was also a reduction in the number of questions between 2020/21-2022/23.
As a result, the figures from 2020/21 onwards are not directly
comparable to previous years due to the significant changes to the
survey in terms of methodology and content. More information is
available on the
NISRA
website.
Weighting the Continuous Household Survey
Analysis of the culture, arts and heritage modules of the CHS have been
weighted for non-response. A chi square goodness-of-fit test showed that
the CHS sample (4,927) was not representative of the population by age
and sex when compared with the 2022 Mid Year Estimates for Northern
Ireland
(NISRA
31 August 2023). As a result, separate weights were produced for
age, sex and age and sex combined.
Non-response weighting sometimes increases standard errors, although the
impact tends to be fairly small, i.e. the adjustment may be less or
greater than 1, but will generally be reasonably close to 1. In the case
of the culture, arts and sport modules of the CHS, the values of the
adjustment for all three weighting systems are so close to one, it is
not necessary to take account of this in the calculation of standard
error and confidence intervals.
While weighting for non-response (also called post-stratification)
should reduce bias, it must be acknowledged that it will not eliminate
bias. The reasons individuals choose to take part in surveys are complex
and depend on lots of factors specific to the individual. As a result,
the non-response biases in surveys are likely to be complex.
Post-stratification works on the assumption that, by aligning the survey
to the population along a small number of dimensions such as age, gender
and MDM, many of these complex biases will reduce. However, it would be
misleading to suggest that they will be eliminated.
Statistical significance in this report
Any statements in this report regarding differences between groups are
statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. This means that
we can be 95% confident that the differences between groups are actual
differences and have not just arisen by chance. The base numbers, sizes
of percentages (relating to low self-efficacy and loneliness) or
variance of scores (relating to wellbeing) have an effect on statistical
significance. Therefore on occasion, a difference between two groups may
be statistically significant while the same difference in percentage
points or mean score between two other groups may not be statistically
significant. The reason for this is because the larger the base numbers
or the closer the percentages are to 0 or 100 or the smaller the
variance in scores, the smaller the standard errors. This leads to
increased precision of the estimates which increases the likelihood that
the difference between the proportions or mean scores is actually
significant and has not just arisen by chance.
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Other notes
The following should be noted when interpreting figures and tables:
Percentages less than 0.5% are denoted by ‘0’ and where there are no
responses, they are denoted by ‘-’.
Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Percentages may not add to 100% for questions where multiple responses
are allowed.
Detailed tabulations are not provided where the number of respondents is
too small to allow meaningful analysis.
The base number of responses to each question, which is shown in each
table, is the unweighted count. The base may vary due to some
respondents not answering certain questions.
Engaged in culture, arts and heritage - Have done at least one of
the following in the 12 months prior to the CHS:
Engaged in the arts
Used the public library service
Visited a museum or science centre
Visited a place of historic interest
Used PRONI services
Engaged in culture and arts - Have done at least one of the
following in the 12 months prior to the CHS:
Engaged in the arts.
Used the public library service.
Visited a museum or science centre.
Used PRONI services.
Arts engagement - Either participated in arts activities or
attended arts events in the 12 months prior to the CHS.
Arts participation - Participated in at least one of the
following arts activities in the 12 months prior to the CHS:
Ballet or any other type of dance (traditional or modern but not keep
fit)
Sang or Played a musical instrument to an audience or rehearsed for a
performance (not karaoke)
Written music/songs (including creating music digitally)
Rehearsed or performed in a play, a drama, or an opera
Painting, drawing, printmaking or sculpture
Took photographs or made films or videos as an artistic activity (not
family or holiday snaps/videos)
Used a computer to create original artworks or animation
Textile crafts such as embroidery, crocheting or knitting
Wood crafts such as wood turning, carving or furniture making
Other crafts such as calligraphy, pottery or jewellery making
Written any stories, plays or poetry
Arts attendance – Attended at least one of the following arts
events in the 12 months prior to the CHS:
Film at cinema or other venue
Exhibition or collection of art, photography or sculpture or crafts
Event connected with books or writing (such as poetry reading or
storytelling)
A circus or carnival
An arts or community festival
A play, drama other theatre performance (such as musical or pantomime)
A live music performance (opera, classical, rock, pop, jazz, folk or
world music)
A live dance performance (ballet, Irish dance performance or other dance
event)
A National Museum - visited any of the following museums in
the past 12 months:
Ulster Museum, Belfast
Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra
Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra
Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh
Local Museum - visited any of the following museums in the
past 12 months:
Andrew Jackson & US Rangers Centre
Ardress House
Armagh County Museum
Armagh Robinson Library
Ballycastle Museum
Ballymoney Museum
Barn Museum
Carrickfergus Museum
Castle Ward
Coleraine Museum
Craigavon Museum Services
Down County Museum
Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway Museum
F E McWilliam Gallery and Studio
Fermanagh County Museum
Flame - The Gasworks Museum of Ireland
Florence Court
Garvagh Museum & Heritage Centre
Green Lane Museum
Hezlett House
Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
Limavady Museum
Linen Hall Library
Mid Antrim Museum
Milford House Collection
Mount Stewart
Museum at the Mill
Newry & Mourne Museum
North Down Museum
Northern Ireland War Memorial
Police Museum
Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum
Royal Ulster Rifles Museum
Sentry Hill
Somme Museum
Springhill
The Argory
The Inniskillings Museum
Tower Museum
Whitehead Railway Museum
Armagh Observatory
Visited a museum or science centre – Visited a museum or
science centre in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months prior to
CHS:
A National Museum Or
A Local Museum
Or Which, if any, of the following science centres have you visited in
the last 12 months?
W5
Armagh Planetarium
Used the public library service – Used the public library
service at least once in the 12 months prior to the CHS:
Visited a public library or mobile library
Used the Libraries NI website
Attended a library event online or in a venue outside a library
