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| Table 5: Attendance at arts events by all adults |
| | All adults |
| | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
|
| Percentage | Thousand | Percentage | Thousand | Percentage | Thousand |
|
North East
|
27
|
541
|
26
|
535
|
25
|
522
|
|
North West
|
28
|
1,494
|
29
|
1,561
|
31
|
1,714
|
|
Yorkshire and The Humber
|
28
|
1,098
|
27
|
1,106
|
30
|
1,262
|
|
East Midlands
|
32
|
1,074
|
30
|
1,037
|
33
|
1,182
|
|
West Midlands
|
29
|
1,206
|
29
|
1,217
|
30
|
1,314
|
|
East of England
|
36
|
1,587
|
36
|
1,586
|
36
|
1,641
|
|
London
|
40
|
2,334
|
34
|
2,018
|
38
|
2,276
|
|
South East
|
39
|
2,548
|
42
|
2,693
|
42
|
2,804
|
|
South West
|
37
|
1,482
|
35
|
1,412
|
36
|
1,516
|
|
England
|
34
|
13,363
|
33
|
13,166
|
34
|
14,230
|
| Table 6: Participation in arts activities by adults from Black and minority ethnic groups |
| | Black and minority ethnic |
| | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
|
| Percentage | Thousand | Percentage | Thousand | Percentage | Thousand |
|
North East
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
(1)—
|
|
North West
|
18
|
53
|
21
|
69
|
22
|
75
|
|
Yorkshire and The Humber
|
14
|
39
|
20
|
47
|
19
|
46
|
|
East Midlands
|
21
|
52
|
22
|
55
|
19
|
47
|
|
West Midlands
|
18
|
92
|
19
|
98
|
19
|
88
|
|
East of England
|
20
|
45
|
25
|
49
|
24
|
64
|
|
London
|
22
|
385
|
19
|
366
|
19
|
376
|
|
South East
|
26
|
113
|
21
|
72
|
26
|
108
|
|
South West
|
28
|
25
|
32
|
27
|
21
|
22
|
|
England
|
21
|
816
|
20
|
790
|
20
|
830
|
(1) Note that the survey's sample of Black and minority ethnic people in the North East is too small to provide robust data.
|
| Table 7: Participation in arts activities by adults with a limiting disability |
| | Limiting disability |
| | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
|
| Percentage | Thousand | Percentage | Thousand | Percentage | Thousand |
|
North East
|
15
|
76
|
14
|
71
|
12
|
61
|
|
North West
|
16
|
218
|
16
|
216
|
16
|
196
|
|
Yorkshire and The Humber
|
17
|
153
|
18
|
171
|
15
|
139
|
|
East Midlands
|
22
|
176
|
20
|
159
|
23
|
200
|
|
West Midlands
|
17
|
168
|
18
|
179
|
19
|
172
|
|
East of England
|
19
|
164
|
23
|
201
|
19
|
183
|
|
London
|
17
|
162
|
20
|
184
|
15
|
131
|
|
South East
|
22
|
280
|
26
|
308
|
24
|
304
|
|
South West
|
24
|
225
|
22
|
188
|
21
|
179
|
|
England
|
19
|
1,621
|
20
|
1,677
|
19
|
1,566
|
| Table 8: Participation in arts activities by adults from lower socio- economic groups |
| | Lower socio-economic |
| | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
|
| Percentage | Thousand | Percentage | Thousand | Percentage | Thousand |
|
North East
|
13
|
124
|
10
|
95
|
10
|
104
|
|
North West
|
12
|
281
|
12
|
289
|
12
|
292
|
|
Yorkshire and The Humber
|
14
|
258
|
12
|
215
|
12
|
228
|
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|
East Midlands
|
16
|
240
|
15
|
223
|
16
|
256
|
|
West Midlands
|
14
|
251
|
13
|
252
|
11
|
219
|
|
East of England
|
17
|
274
|
17
|
291
|
18
|
297
|
|
London
|
14
|
262
|
13
|
255
|
14
|
267
|
|
South East
|
18
|
402
|
19
|
383
|
18
|
413
|
|
South West
|
19
|
320
|
17
|
281
|
18
|
293
|
|
England
|
15
|
2,413
|
14
|
2,284
|
15
|
2,370
|
