GeneralPrincipal IndicatorsParticipants in cultural activities

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General

Principal Indicators

Participants in cultural activities ('000) 302.3 290.1 4.2%

Male 137.7 136.7 0.8%

Female 164.5 153.4 7.3%

Cultural activity participation rate (%) 54.9 52.8 2.1p.p.

Male 51.6 50.9 0.7p.p.

Female ^58.0 ^54.7 ^3.3^p.p.

p.p. Percentage point

Cultural Activity Participation Rate ^%

Going to cinema 35.2 32.0 3.2

25.9 22.0 3.9

Going to library 22.8 21.8 1.0

Attending performance ^17.5 ^19.2 ^-1.7

Attending art exhibition 7.4 7.4 -

- Absolute value equals zero

Local Resident

Principal Indicators

Participants in cultural activities ('000) 257.9 249.8 3.2%

Male 118.5 116.1 2.0%

Female 139.4 133.7 4.2%

Cultural activity participation rate (%) 59.2 58.0 1.2p.p.

Male ^58.8 ^57.6 ^1.2^p.p.

Female 59.6 58.5 1.1p.p.

p.p. Percentage point

Cultural Activity Participation Rate ^%

Going to cinema 39.0 36.7 2.3

Going to library 26.3 25.8 0.5

26.2 22.2 4.0

Attending performance 20.8 21.2 -0.4

Attending art exhibition 8.8 8.5 0.3

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Same quarter

last year Difference (p.p.) Change

SURVEY ON PARTICIPATION OF RESIDENTS IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES 2

^ND

QUARTER 2016

Current quarter

Changes in Cultural Activity Participation

Visiting museum or World Heritage site

• A total of 302,300 individuals participated in cultural activities, accounting for 54.9% of the population aged 16 and above, up by 2.1 percentage points year-on-year.

• Local residents participating in cultural activities totalled 257,900; the cultural activity participation rate was 59.2%, up by 1.2 percentage points year- on-year. The respective participation rate for male and female local residents was 58.8% and 59.6%, up by 1.2 and 1.1 percentage points.

Difference (p.p.)

• Watching movies at the cinema remained the most popular cultural activity for local residents, with 169,800 participants, up by 7.6% year-on-year;

followed by going to libraries (114,400) and visiting museums or World Heritage sites (113,900), up by 3.1% and 19.1% respectively.

Local residents participating in three or more types of cultural activities accounted for 29.6% of the total, up by 2.0 percentage points year-on-year;

meanwhile, the proportion of those taking part in only one type of cultural activity (41.5%) dropped by 3.2 percentage points.

Current

quarter Same quarter

last year Change

Same quarter last year Current

quarter

Same quarter last year Current

quarter

Local Participants by Type of Cultural Activity Government of Macao Special Administrative Region

Statistics and Census Service

169.8

114.4 113.9

90.5

38.3 157.8

110.9

95.6 91.2

36.4 0

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

Going to

cinema Going to

library Visiting museum or

World Heritage site Attending

performance Attending art exhibition '000

Current quarter Same quarter last year

263.8 285.3 284.5 290.1 302.3

226.4 240.0 240.9 249.8 257.9

54.9 56.7

53.6 52.8 54.9

56.1 57.6 56.7 58.0 59.2

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

0 100 200 300 400

2012 Q2 Q2

2013 Q2

2014 Q2

2015 Q2

2016

%

Participants in cultural activities Local participants in cultural activities Overall cultural activity participation rate Cultural activity participation rate of local residents '000

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Going to cinema

•

Going to library

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Cultural Activity Participation Rate of Local Employed Residents by Principal Industry ^%

43.8 19.6 23.5 14.9 5.6

37.4 18.1 19.2 20.9 3.3

41.4 23.7 25.2 17.4 8.3

64.1 37.6 38.0 34.9 14.2

40.3 16.4 19.8 13.2 10.9

Education 54.7 47.5 45.6 37.5 23.2

2^ND QUARTER / 2016 Variety of Cultural Participation

Attending art exhibition Attending

performance Visiting museum

or World Heritage site Participation Rate of Students and Non-students

Participation Rate by Age Group

As the government organised a number of film screenings in support of Macao films and videos, local residents who had watched locally- produced films and videos rose notably by 58.5% year-on-year to 35,100, accounting for 20.7% of the local residents going to the cinema, up by 6.7 percentage points.

Going to cinema

Analysed by industry, local employed residents engaging in Education had the highest participation rate for this activity (47.5%), followed by those working in Public Administration & Social Security (37.6%).

Local residents going to libraries totalled 114,400, up by 3.1% year-on- year; the activity participation rate rose by 0.5 percentage points to 26.3%.

Public Administration & Social Security Retail Trade

Real Estate & Business Activities Gaming & Junket Activities

Hotels, Restaurants & Similar Activities

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SURVEY ON PARTICIPATION OF RESIDENTS IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Local residents aged 45-54 had the highest participation rate for going to libraries, at 22.6%, up by 4.6 percentage points year-on-year.

The participation rate of students stood at 68.0%, up by 4.3 percentage points year-on-year, more than triple the rate of non-students (22.0%).

The participation rate of students going to the cinema continued to rise, up by 5.4 percentage points year-on-year to 76.4%; the rate of non- students was 35.1%, up by 2.1 percentage points.

Going to library

Local residents going to the cinema to watch movies increased by 7.6%

year-on-year to 169,800; the activity participation rate was 39.0%, up by 2.3 percentage points.

Going to the cinema was the most popular activity among youngsters.

The respective participation rate of local residents aged 16-24 (77.0%) and 25-34 (71.6%) rose by 5.3 and 4.7 percentage points year-on-year.

0 20 40 60 80

Going to

cinema Going to

performance Attending art exhibition

%

16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 ≧55

76.4

68.0

32.0 36.3

12.8 35.1

22.0 25.5

19.2

8.4 0

20 40 60 80

Going to

cinema Going to

%

Students Non-students

44.7%

27.7%

16.9%

10.7%

41.5%

28.9%

16.6%

13.0%

Only one type of activity 2 types 3 types ≥ 4 types Same

quarter last year Current quarter

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Average Visit per Participant in Cultural Activity by Age Group

Total 2.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 1.7 2.2 2.2

16-24 3.0 1.8 2.4 2.2 1.6 1.7 2.0

25-34 2.7 1.9 2.0 2.3 1.7 2.3 1.9

35-44 ^2.8 ^2.1 ^2.0 ^1.9 ^1.6 ^1.6 ^1.8

45-54 2.8 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.7 2.0

≧55 2.6 2.0 1.9 3.0 1.8 2.9 2.9

Participation in Local or Overseas Activities ^'000 Visiting museum or World Heritage site

Attending performance

•

Attending art exhibition

•

2^ND QUARTER / 2016

Theatre

Total

•

Local residents visiting museums or World Heritage sites totalled 113,900, up by 19.1% year-on-year; the activity participation rate increased by 4.0 percentage points to 26.2%. The average visit per participant was 2.8, the same as a year earlier.

45.2

•

88.7 5.6

..

82.5 Local residents aged 55 and above had the highest participation rate for

visiting museums or World Heritage sites, at 18.3%, up by 0.8 percentage points year-on-year; the average visit per participant dropped by 0.4 to 2.6.

Among the local residents participating in this activity, 72.4% visited World Heritage sites (82,500) and 65.9% visited museums (75,100), up by 21.1%

and 17.4% respectively year-on-year.

Local

activity •

.. Not applicable

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..

There were 38,300 local residents attending art exhibitions, up by 5.2%

year-on-year; the activity participation rate rose slightly by 0.3 percentage points to 8.8%. The average attendance per participant edged up by 0.1 to 2.2.

Attending performance

Among the local residents attending performances, 97.9% attended performances in Macao and 6.2% attended performances outside Macao, similar to the respective proportions a year earlier.

Music/dance performances were more popular among local residents, with 65,500 participants (72.3%), while theatre performances had 45,200 participants (50.0%), down by 2.8% and 3.2% respectively year-on-year.

Variety of Cultural Participation by Activity Type

Local residents attending performances totalled 90,500, down by 0.7%

year-on-year; the activity participation rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points to 20.8%. The average attendance per participant remained unchanged from a year earlier, at 2.3.

Among the local residents going to art exhibitions, 97.7% attended exhibitions held in Macao, up by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year; the proportion of those attending exhibitions outside Macao increased by 0.7 percentage points to 6.9%.

Local residents attending art exhibitions participated more actively in cultural activities; 95.7% of them also participated in other types of cultural activities, and 51.6% took part in four or more types of activities, up by 3.0 percentage points year-on-year.

Among the local residents aged 55 and above, 72.5% of those attending performances had watched theatre; the average attendance per participant rose by 0.4 year-on-year to 2.9, being the highest among all age groups.

113.9 Subtotal

Visiting museum or World Heritage site World Heritage site Museum

Overseas activity

..

113.9

Music or dance Subtotal

82.5 Museum

2.6 37.4

38.3

75.1 75.1

Attending performance 90.5

World Heritage site

2.7 Theatre

Music or dance 65.5 64.0 3.9

43.5

4.3 11.1

17.4 16.2

33.4

17.8 27.0

28.7 31.8

28.8

26.3 28.1

27.2 25.5

19.5

51.6 33.8

26.6 26.5 18.3

0 20 40 60 80 100

Attending performance Visiting museum or

World Heritage site Going to library Going to

cinema

% Only this type of activity 2 types 3 types 4 types and above

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Reasons for Not Participating in Cultural Activities

.. Not applicable

Note: Multiple reasons can be selected Historical Data

Participants in cultural activities ('000) 263.8 226.4 285.3 240.0 284.5 240.9 290.1 249.8 302.3 257.9

Male ^123.1 ^101.2 ^135.1 ^114.4 ^129.1 ^105.5 ^136.7 ^116.1 ^137.7 ^118.5

Female ^140.7 ^125.2 ^150.2 ^125.6 ^155.4 ^135.4 ^153.4 ^133.7 ^164.5 ^139.4 Cultural activity participation rate (%) 54.9 56.1 56.7 57.6 53.6 56.7 52.8 58.0 54.9 59.2

Male 53.9 54.9 56.6 58.3 50.2 55.4 50.9 57.6 51.6 58.8

Female 55.8 57.1 56.8 57.0 56.7 57.8 54.7 58.5 58.0 59.6

Explanatory Notes

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2^ND QUARTER / 2016

Q2 / 2013 Q2 / 2014 Q2 / 2015 Q2 / 2016

51.9 Going to cinema

Visiting museum or

World Heritage site

Attending

•

43.4 54.0 53.5

•

Going to library: going to libraries in Macao

Total sample size consists of 2,100 residential units and the observation unit is individuals aged 16 and above living in these units. In the sample, a total of 1,989 units were occupied, comprising 1,499 successful interviews, 84 refusals and 406 non-contacts; the response rate stood at 75.4%.

Visiting museum or World Heritage site: visiting museums or World Heritage sites in Macao

In accordance with the UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics, and with due consideration of the local context, cultural activities in this survey Going to cinema: watching movies at cinema or in other public places

%

54.4 Reasons for Not Participating in Cultural Activities

No interest

Local

Resident General Local Resident Q2 / 2012

Attending performance: attending art performances such as musical, drama, Cantonese opera, opera, orchestra, concert, ballet, folk dance, etc.

64.8

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Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.

Local residents — Exclude non-resident workers.

participation rate is calculated according to the types of cultural activities and demographic 　　　　　　　 characteristics (e.g. gender, age group, educational attainment, etc.).

　　　　　　　 exhibitions.

Participants in cultural activities — Individuals aged 16 and above who participate in cultural activities during the reference period, excluding those 　　　　　　 who participate in such activities for work or learning purposes.

Cultural activity participation rate — The percentage of individuals participating in cultural activities in the population aged 16 and above. The relevant Cultural activities — Include going to cinema, visiting museums or World Heritage sites, going to libraries, attending performances and attending art Information from the Survey on Participation of Residents in Cultural Activities were collected in the second quarter of 2016 through a supplementary questionnaire of the Employment Survey.

The reference period of participation in cultural activities refers to the six months prior to the date of interview.

General Local

Resident General Local

Resident General

Attending art exhibition: attending visual art exhibitions (e.g. photography, painting, calligraphy, etc.) and craft exhibitions (e.g. ceramics, embroideries, etc.)

.. • ..

No time ^44.4

11.8 Others

Visited before .. 19.6

23.7 14.1 16.5

The main reasons for not participating in cultural activities were “ No interest” and “No time”.

Among the various cultural activities, the proportion of those not participating due to “No interest” registered year-on-year increase; 64.8%

of those not attending art exhibitions and 64.0% of those not attending performances indicated that they had “No interest”.

Meanwhile, 19.6% of the local residents not visiting museums or World Heritage sites stated that they had "visited before".

64.0