Community benefits from the arts, Sydney 1982.

This survey was conducted among the community at large to establish the extent and nature of demand for the arts in Australia as a public good. Topics investigated include attendance at live professional performances of plays, ballet, opera and musical events; level of interest in different art and craft forms; attendance at professional exhibitions of arts or crafts; listening to classical music at home on radio, record or tape; watching good quality plays on television; participation in professional or amateur arts or crafts activities; and levels of public funding of arts and crafts which would be acceptable to the respondent. Attitudinal questions included the importance of the arts to Australia and to the Australian way of life, together with the role of arts education and whether there should be public funding of the arts. Demographic variables include age, sex, marital status, country of origin, level of education, occupation, type of household, gross income of respondent, gross household income, relationship of respondent within household, number of adults in the household, and number of adult respondents in each household.