General
Principal Indicators
Participants in cultural activities ('000) %
Male %
Female %
Cultural activity participation rate (%)
Male Female
Cultural Activity Participation Rate
%
Going to library Going to cinema
Attending performance Attending art exhibition Local Resident Principal Indicators
Participants in cultural activities ('000) %
Male %
Female %
Cultural activity participation rate (%) -13.7
Male -14.4
Female -13.2
Cultural Activity Participation Rate
%
Going to library Going to cinema
Attending performance Attending art exhibition
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Visiting museum or World Heritage site
304.2
The numbers of local residents going to the library (108,200) and to the cinema (96,000) were the highest, despite showing respective decreases of 21.4% and 42.4% year-on-year. Meanwhile, a relatively large decline of 47.9% was recorded in the number of local residents attending performances (40,700) across the various cultural activities.
Local residents participating in only one type of cultural activities accounted for 53.3% of the total, up by 11.2 percentage points year-on-year; on the other hand, the proportions of those participating in two types and three types of activities dropped by 5.4 and 3.5 percentage points to 26.8% and 12.9%
respectively.
55.8 123.2
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Current quarter
Local residents who took part in cultural activities totalled 196,900. The cultural activity participation rate was 43.3%, down by 13.7 percentage points year-on-year; male and female local residents had respective participation rates of 42.9% and 43.5%.
39.4 39.2
Owing to the cancellation or postponement of some performances, exhibitions and screenings amid the pandemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia as well as a lower willingness of residents to go out, number of individuals participating in cultural activities fell substantially by 24.7% year-on-year to 229,100, representing 39.4% of the population aged 16 and above, a decrease of 15.0 percentage points year-on-year.
143.8 229.1
106.0
160.3 54.4
19.0
7.8
19.1
17.3 16.8
8.9 Visiting museum or
World Heritage site
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Same quarter
Difference (p.p.) Change Difference
(p.p.) Same
quarter
Same quarter 20.6
39.7
-15.0 -16.6 -13.5
4.6
34.9 -15.9
p.p.
p.p.
27.3 -6.7
p.p.
-1.7 6.3
15.5 20.1
-23.4 -24.7 -22.3
-3.8
-7.7
7.5 -2.3
-8.4 -2.3 21.1
Current quarter
23.8 30.5 -6.7
196.9 257.2
117.6 139.5 57.0 57.3 56.7 88.5
Current quarter Current quarter
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SURVEY ON PARTICIPATION OF RESIDENTS IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Local Participants by Type of Cultural Activity Changes in Cultural Activity Participation
2
NDQUARTER 2020
108.4 43.3 42.9 43.5
53.2
p.p.
p.p.
p.p.
Same
quarter Change
-15.8
5.2
36.9 -24.7 -26.3 -23.2
108.2
96.0
76.7
40.7
23.9 137.6
166.5
86.2
78.0
34.0 0
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
Going to
library Going to
cinema Visiting museum or World Heritage site
Attending
performance Attending art exhibition '000
Current quarter Same quarter last year
302.3 295.8 300.0 304.2
229.1
257.9 261.1 253.9 257.2
196.9
54.9 54.0 54.3
54.4
39.4
59.2 59.0
56.7 57.0
43.3
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
0 100 200 300 400
2016Q2 Q2
2017 Q2
2018 Q2
2019 Q2
2020
%
Participants in cultural activities Local participants in cultural activities Overall cultural activity participation rate Cultural activity participation rate of local residents '000
Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service 統 計 暨 普 查 局
Going to Library
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Going to Cinema
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Cultural Activity Participation Rate of Employed Residents by Industry
%
Gaming & Junket Activities
Hotels, Restaurants & Similar Activities Retail Trade
Public Administration & Social Security Real Estate & Business Activities Education
2ND QUARTER / 2020 40.4
7.6
23.5 8.5
12.7 30.7
22.1 Going to
library
Going to cinema
15.4 26.5 21.9 46.8
22.9 35.3
There were 108,200 local residents who had been to a library, a decrease of 21.4% year-on-year. The activity participation rate dropped by 6.7 percentage points to 23.8%.
The participation rate of students fell by 15.3 percentage points year-on- year to 66.1%, which was about 3.3 times as high as the rate for non- students (20.1%). The difference between the two rates narrowed from 55.1 percentage points in the second quarter of 2019 to 46.0 percentage points.
2.2 2.7
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Survey on Participation of Residents in Cultural Activities
14.0 15.0 21.1
Analysed by industry, employed residents working in Education had the highest participation rate of 46.8%, followed by those working in Public Administration & Social Security, at 30.7%.
Number of local residents going to the cinema decreased significantly by 42.4% year-on-year to 96,000 amid the pandemic, and the activity participation rate reduced by 15.8 percentage points to 21.1%; yet, number of those who had watched locally produced films and videos increased by 20.0% to 38,700, which made up 40.3% of the local residents going to the cinema, a rise of 20.9 percentage points.
10.7 6.4 20.1 Attending art exhibition Local residents aged 16-24 had the highest participation rate, at 43.9%, albeit a decrease of 24.1 percentage points year-on-year. This was followed by those aged 25-34, with the rate falling by 26.7 percentage points to 38.3%.
The participation rates of students and non-students going to the cinema were 42.0% and 19.3% respectively, showing respective declines of 27.7 and 14.9 percentage points year-on-year.
In addition, local residents who had watched movies on the Internet or from discs totalled 280,300, down by 8.5% year-on-year.
Attending performance Visiting museum or
World Heritage site 20.7
23.6 29.2 28.0
3.5 8.8
14.5
8.1 12.5
Variety of Cultural Participation Participation Rate by Age Group
Participation Rates of Students and Non-students
66.1
42.0
20.2
12.1
4.4
20.1 19.3 16.6
8.7 5.3
0 20 40 60 80 100
Going to
library Going to
cinema Visiting museum or World Heritage
site
Attending
performance Attending art exhibition
%
Students Non-students
42.1%
32.2%
16.4%
9.3%
53.3%
26.8%
12.9%
7.0%
Only one type of activity 2 types 3 types ≥ 4 types Same quarter
last year
Current quarter
0 20 40 60
Going to
library Going to
cinema Visiting museum or World Heritage
site
Attending
performance Attending art exhibition
%
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 ≥55
Average Visit per Participant in Cultural Activity by Age Group
Total 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54
≧55
Visiting Museum or World Heritage Site
Participation in Local or Overseas Activities
•
Museum
World Heritage site
• Music or dance
Theatre Attending art exhibition
Attending Performance
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
2ND QUARTER / 2020
1.9 Attending performance
Theatre Music or dance
Subtotal
2.4 1.6
1.5
2.1 2.3 2.4 2.0
Visiting museum or World Heritage site World Heritage site Museum
1.7
•
Total
2.4 2.2
1.8 2.2 3.1
2.9 1.7
Subtotal
2.2
2.0 3.3
Overseas activity
1.3 1.9
'000
1.8
Local activity
│3 Visiting museum or
World Heritage site ..
43.9
22.9 64.0
26.0 22.1 76.7
Number of local residents who visited art exhibitions decreased by 29.7%
year-on-year to 23,900, the lowest number of participants among all activities. The activity participation rate reduced by 2.3 percentage points to 5.2%, and the average number of visits per participant dropped by 0.4 to 2.0.
Among them, 98.9% attended local exhibitions while 3.1% went to exhibitions outside Macao.
Local residents who visited art exhibitions were more active in engaging in cultural activities, with 90.2% of them participating in other cultural activities; those who took part in three or more types of activities accounted for 75.3% of the total.
Number of local residents visiting museums or World Heritage sites decreased by 11.0% year-on-year to 76,700, and the activity participation rate went down by 2.3 percentage points to 16.8%. The average number of visits for this activity edged down by 0.1 year-on-year to 3.1.
Among the local residents who participated in this activity, those visiting World Heritage sites increased by 9.9% year-on-year to 64,000 (83.5% of total) while those going to museums dropped by 28.0% to 43,900 (57.3%).
Survey on Participation of Residents in Cultural Activities
1.4 2.4 1.6
1.8 3.4 1.8
..
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2.2 The participation rate of individuals aged 35-44 grew by 0.9 percentage points year-on-year to 25.8%, which was the highest across all age groups. The average number of visits of this age group was 3.3, an increase of 0.3.
There were 40,700 local residents who attended performances, down by 47.9% year-on-year. The activity participation rate slid by 8.4 percentage points to 8.9%, while the average attendance per participant rose slightly by 0.1 to 2.4.
Among them, 96.1% attended performances in Macao while 5.4% went to performances outside Macao.
Music/dance performances were still more popular than theatre performances, with 27,100 participants (66.7% of total), despite a year- on-year fall of 54.5%. Theatre performances had 22,900 participants (56.3%), down by 32.6%.
Among the local residents aged 55 and above who attended performances, 73.9% went to theatre performances. Their average attendance topped the list compared to other age groups, at 3.4, up by 0.5 year-on-year.
Attending Art Exhibition 76.7
43.9
2.2 2.4 2.2
2.2 2.0
1.8
23.6
Variety of Cultural Participation by Activity Type Attending performance
0.7 39.1
64.0
23.9
1.0 3.2
1.4 40.7
27.1 3.1
2.6
1.8 1.9
3.4
Attending art exhibition
2.0 1.5
9.8 17.9
24.0 38.6 36.8
14.9 22.9
33.7 31.7 33.6
33.6 30.5
24.7 17.7 18.2
41.7 28.8
17.6 11.9 11.4
0 20 40 60 80 100
Attending art exhibition
Attending performance Visiting museum or World Heritage site Going to cinema Going to
library
%
Only this type of activity 2 types 3 types ≥ 4 types
Reasons for Not Participating in Cultural Activities
Reasons for Not Participating in Cultural Activities
•
No interest
No time •
Visited before Other
•
Historical Data
Participants in cultural activities ('000)
Male Female
Cultural activity participation rate (%)
Male Female
Explanatory Notes
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Symbols and abbreviations:
p.p. Percentage point .. Not applicable
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2ND QUARTER / 2020 4│
Survey on Participation of Residents in Cultural Activities
Local residents: Exclude non-resident workers and non-local students.
Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
%
Cultural activity participation rate: The percentage of individuals participating in cultural activities in the population aged 16 and above. The relevant participation rate is calculated according to the types of cultural activities and demographic characteristics (e.g. gender, age group and educational attainment).
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 activities: Include going to cinema, going to libraries, visiting museums or World Heritage sites, attending performances and attending art exhibitions
Visiting museum or World Heritage site: visiting museums or World Heritage sites in Macao Going to library: going to libraries in Macao
Attending performance: attending art performances such as musical, drama, Cantonese opera, opera, orchestra, concert, ballet, folk dance, etc.
Attending art exhibition: attending visual art exhibitions (e.g. photography, painting and calligraphy) and craft exhibitions (e.g. ceramics and embroideries)
Glossary and Others
Information from the Survey on Participation of Residents in Cultural Activities were collected in the second quarter of 2020 through a supplementary questionnaire of the Employment Survey.
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 1,970 units were occupied, comprising 1,653 successful interviews, 33 refusals and 284 non-contacts; the response rate stood at 83.9%.
In accordance with the UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics, and with due consideration of the local context, cultural activities in this survey include:
53.7 54.9 54.3 158.6 142.4
59.0 59.0 59.0
56.8 50.9
54.7 55.5
52.3 54.0 160.3 139.4
51.6 54.9
The reference period of participation in cultural activities refers to the six months prior to the date of interview.
139.5 57.0 57.3 56.7 160.3
54.4 55.8 53.2 164.5
59.2 58.8 59.6 58.0
58.5 57.6 58.0 133.7 153.4
52.8
56.7 138.7 56.7
Going to cinema: watching movies at cinema or in other public places
141.4 136.7
Note: Multiple reasons can be selected
300.0 302.3
290.1
118.7 Attending
art exhibition Going to
cinema
118.5 135.5 115.3 143.8 117.6
261.1 295.8
249.8 257.9
116.1 137.7
Q2 / 2018 Q2 / 2019
257.2 304.2
Local Resident Q2 / 2015
General 38.8
47.8
26.6
65.0 66.0
General Local
Resident General Local
Resident General Q2 / 2017
General Local Resident
253.9
38.2 24.2 16.8
..
..
..
Visiting museum or World Heritage site
54.2
42.3 45.0 40.2
Attending performance
Q2 / 2016 Local Resident
The main reasons for not participating in cultural activities were “ No interest” and “No time”.
In addition, the proportion of local residents who did not participate due to
“Other” reasons increased year-on-year in the wake of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, 26.6% of the local residents who did not visit museums or World Heritage sites stated that they had “Visited before”.
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