Survey Methodology
The following tables present the results for the questions whose wording remained unchanged in the five editions of the survey (1973, 1981, 1988, 1997 and 2008), crossed with the following descriptive variables: sex, age, socio-professional category of head of household and size of agglomeration of residence.
The investigative apparatus has been identical for each of the five editions:
- survey of a representative sample of the population of metropolitan France aged 15 and over,
- stratified sample by regions and agglomeration categories,
- quota method,
- face-to-face questioning at the respondent’s home.
In contrast, the sample size varied from survey to survey:
- 2000 persons in 1973
- 3,000 people in 1981
- 5,000 people in 1989
- 4,350 people in 1997 with over-representation of the population who have attended a cultural show in the past 12 months.
- 5,000 people in 2008
The percentages presented in the tables were calculated on all the surveyed samples whose structure changed over time (see table below). For rounding purposes, some totals may differ slightly from the sum of their components.
SURVEY SAMPLE STRUCTURE
| 1973 | 1981 | 1988 | 1997 | 2008 |
French aged 15 and over | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Men | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
Women | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
Age |
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15-24 years | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
25-39 years | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
40-59 years | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 34 |
60 years and over | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 |
Socio-professional category of head of family |
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Farmers | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Employers in industry, commerce | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Senior Executives and Liberal Professionals | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
Middle managers | 7 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
Employees | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Skilled workers | 14 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 20 |
Unskilled workers | 19 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
Retired or inactive aged 60 and over | 19 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 28 |
Other | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Place of residence |
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Rural communes | 30 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
Less than 20,000 population | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
20,000 to 100,000 inhabitants | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Over 100,000 inhabitants | 25 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
Parisian suburb | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Paris intra muros | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Source: Surveys Pratiques culturelles des Français, 1973-2008 - DEPS Ministry of Culture and Communication
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