Participation and engagement in cultural activities

Libraries

• Participation is dominated by females
• As educational attainment increases, so too does the propensity to visit and use libraries;·there are no significant differences between the propensity to visit with respect to socio-economic groups
• Asian people have a greater propensity to participate compared with other ethnic groups
• Going to the library when growing up had a positive impact on visiting libraries as an adult, increasing the probability of attendance as an adult by 36%

Museums and galleries

• Involvement in cultural activities at a young age influences participation and its frequency
• Black and Asian people are less likely than white people to visit museums and galleries
• Readers of broadsheet newspapers are more likely to visit museums and galleries.

Heritage sites

• Holding other factors constant, higher educational attainment results in a higher probability of participation
• Income also has a positive influence on the likelihood of participation
• Asian and Black people are 60% less likely than white people to visit heritage sites
• Engagement in cultural activities when growing up has a positive effect on visiting heritage sites as an adult.

Archive or records offices

• Age, economic status and visiting historical sites when growing up are the main predictors of visiting an archive or record office as an adult.