This table gives information about findings of a questionnaire undertaken in Scotland which assess 6800 adults’ participation in various cultural practices aged [16 and over] for the last year.
Overall, as the age increased, the rates of crafts and cultural purchases activities decreased, while the other activities experienced a growth over the stages. Furthermore, performance and acting exceeded other activities in terms of percentages of practice.
To begin, any performance [dancing, singing, playing musical instrument and acting] was the most popular activity among 16-24 age at over a third, followed by visual art which was 30%, whereas Computer based practices received the least attention from the same group with 10%. 25-44 stage represented their highest proportion of participation in doing performance [dancing, singing, playing musical instrument and acting] for about over a fifth, whilst they showed the same percentages in crafts and cultural purchases [17%]. However, 25 to 44 group demonstrated a slight percentage of taking part in writing activities with only 6%.
Turning next, it can be seen the most attractive activity for 45-74 age was craft as they presented 22%. On the contrary, they registered the lowest proportions of doing Computer based and writing practices 5% only. Although performance activities witnessed the largest rate of practicing at 22%, similar to craft with less than 19%, Writing was 7% , and Computer based was just 6%. Moreover, cultural purchases and visual arts were 16% and 15% respectively.