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English people are music lovers, film buffs and increasingly are not 'trash TV', according to Culture
According to a macroencuestra submitted by the Ministry and the SGAE, 86.2% of people listen to music regularly, 68.5% often read, and favorite TV programs are news, movies and documentaries
MADRID .- A English 86.2% listen to music regularly, but only 12.9% admitted buying records in the top blanket '. The film is another great cultural passion of citizens, as 67% interest, which also puts a note 7 of the productions. , 68.5% said often read books, the average per household is 125 - and their favorite TV programs are news, movies, documentaries and series.
This is the "encouraging" in the words of Carmen Calvo-scenario that casts a survey by the Ministry of Culture and the General Society of Authors, which again put into question the veracity of the answers given by the English when they participate in a survey, particularly the 12,000 over 15 years in the sample of the research, conducted between 2002 2003.
"We are music lovers to the generations of this country," said the head of Culture, who presented the study with the president of the SGAE Eduardo Bautista, and has argued this conclusion with the assistance data concerts Current (24.9% of English attend a recital at least once a year), with the average time listening to music every day (143.2 minutes) and 33.7% of the population ensures have musical instruments at home.
Cinema, better at home
attract attention information concerning the film. And, despite the fact that citizens value, according to the survey- with a 6.9 national celluloid, ie, two points less than those given to American indigenous productions last year lost three million viewers and Hollywood films occupy 70% of the billboard. To justify the data, Calvo pointed out the many who see the English film at home, especially for 74.1% of the population having access to video.
Although the Minister has ruled out "any kind of complacency", he assured that the English have to "feel good" about the evolution of cultural habits in the last 12 years, and that the last comprehensive survey that was done to analyze this area dates from 1990.
"historic" the minister has described the data reading of the English, in contrast with most studies on this habit, which reach up to 50% of English that do not open a book. In the case of the survey presented, 68.5% expressed interest in reading, while only 22.4% read a newspaper, 30.1% once a week, and 40.9% at least once month. As with books, the English have an average of 125 volumes per household, and the use of public libraries has increased to 24.5% of respondents.
the same fate not the press. English figures are still to years light of the EU in regard to reading newspapers and magazines. Thus, only a third of the English daily press query, especially men, exceeding by 20 women. In the case of journals are browsed by 55% of the respondents, far from 81% in Europe.
Ni 'realities' or gossip
Maybe so long television plays in our lives that allows us to read more. 98% of the English used the 'idiot box', and devotes an average of daily time of 165.6 minutes. Yes, no heart, no reality TV programs. Respondents say their favorite shows are the news, movies and series. Must be hearing the meters are not placed on TVs respondents.
The radio also occupies much of our time, namely 143 minutes daily, devoted mainly to music programs.
For performing arts, 70.6% expressed a degree of interest among middle and high for the theater, while only 31.9% of the population has the habit of attending performances, well above 8.3% attending dance performances.
In the case of museums, appear to be an area bounded to tourists: only 37.1% of the population seen at all. "We must eliminate the idea that Museums are places to preserve the heritage and tourist visits, "said Calvo, who has sought to highlight that 48% of the respondents who had visited a museum in the last quarter did so in their own city.
By gender, are women who show a greater interest in culture, especially in the case of activities such as reading, dance and theater. Besides, have trimmed the gap with men in the case of film, but not in attendance to contemporary music concerts or the use of computers and new technologies.
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