Infographics | General Social Survey (GSS) with Arts Module

– Sharing the Arts Experience, 2016

Sharing Arts Experiences, 2016

Percent of survey respondents who in the past year:

  • Attended an art exhibit: 33%
    • alone: 7%
    • With 1 person: 45%
    • With 2 or more: 48%
  • Attended a live performance: 41%
    • Alone: 4%
    • With 1 person: 44%
    • With 2 or more: 52%

Of the 41% who attended a live performance: the performance attended was dance 18%, theater 39%, and music 66%.

The General Social Survey (GSS) collects information from the general public on a wide variety of subjects, including attitudes toward social issues, religion, education, jobs and the economy, government and other institutions, politics, and policy issues. The GSS 2016 included an “Arts Module,” a battery of questions focused on culture and the arts.

Art exhibits included those for painting, sculpture, textiles, graphic design, and photography.

Live performances included music, theater, and dance, and did not include elementary or high school performances.

The 2016 GSS Cultural Module data also asked who the respondent attended with, if the performance attended was free, factors that impacted the decision to attend or not attend, and demographic information including age, sex, race, and income.

These Infographics were taken from the General Social Survey with Arts Module, United States, 2016. Data are weighted.

These Infographics are related to the following dataset: General Social Survey with Arts Module, United States, 2016 (ICPSR 37701)