SURVEY CIF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS;

This study, completed in 1985, is a replication of the 1982 "Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. " The data, collected by the Bureau of the Census, reprealit the largest survey ever undertaken concerning the U.S. public's cultural activities and attitudes. Interviews were completed with a national sample of 13,675 persons. The survey was designed to investigate: (1) the audience size for individual arts activities and for arts as a whole; (2) the relationship between attendance at live performances and participation through watching television and listening to radio and recordings; (3) arts participation in relation to geographic regions and community types and sizes; (4) the relationship between social, economic, and demographic characteristics and participation in the arts; (5) the effect of family background; (6) competition from non-art activities; (7) the extent and nature of unsatisfied deman