Trends in the cultural consumption during the pandemic – 2020

In 2020 it was impossible to carry out the Cultural Consumption Barometer because the COVID-19-generated social and economic effects. This is why we replaced this very important study for the analysis of the cultural life in Romania with a study aimed at recording cultural consumption data at the level of actual as well as anticipated behaviour, on the basis of a new methodology.

The study Trends in the cultural consumption during the pandemic is a survey on various culture-related themes, on a nationwide-representative sample (2000 respondents), which
includes two biannual editions:

– First edition, study conducted for the period 04.06.2020 – 28.08.2020

– Second edition, study conducted for the period 01.10.2020 – 01.12.2020

The questionnaire administration was made via the CATI method, and the structure of the sample included: gender, age, education level, size of locality (towns with  200 thousand inhabitants, towns between 100 and 200 thousand inhabitants, towns between 30 and 100 thousand inhabitants, towns under 30 thousand inhabitants, communes) and development sub-regions.

The study Trends in the cultural consumption during the pandemic includes two major categories of collected data: Socio-demographic characteristics. The theme of the  cultural consumption prior to the pandemic and the cultural consumption estimates for the next 6 months
The first edition of the study Trends in the cultural consumption during the pandemic presents the respondents’ intention to spend their spare-time in the public space in the period July-December 2020, as well as comparisons to the level recorded in 2019. Furthermore, the study is focused on the identification of non-public cultural consumption practices during the isolation period and it approaches the
matter of digital gaps.

The second edition of the study Trends in the Cultural Consumption during the Pandemic presents the level of cultural consumption during the period July-October 2020 and the respondents’ intention to spend their spare time within the public space in the period November 2020-April 2021.

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