The table below illustrates the data of a questionaire which 6800 adults in Scotland (aged 16 years old and over) were asked about participation in various cultural activities over the past year.
Overall,the entire Scottish population over 16 years old preferred to undertake any kinds of performance most. In contrast, most of them stayed away from computers realated pursuits . More strikingly, participation in hand-made practices and cultural purchases increased moderately. Whereas, the opposite was true for the other activities.
The majority of Scottish aged 16 to 24 took part in any performance including: singing,dacing,etc. That acounted for 35%- the most percentage in all ages from over sixteen. This number fell down to 17% as people aged 45 to 74.For comparison, most of the Scottish adults engaged in any visual arts, writing also gave a result that decreased gradually to 11%- 5% when people got mature. Especially, using computers for cultural endeavours of people in Scotland was responsible for a significantly plunge below 5%- a extremely small number.
When adults were older and older, the percentage of undertaking any crafts and cultural shopping slightly went up to 22%-18%. Therefore,the table gave about the number of people in Scotland joining in activities about hand or money was popular.