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FAQs about new subscription service
Arts Research Monitor, BlogBelow are answers to some key questions about our new subscription service (via Substack). Statistical insights on the arts will now be distributed as a “newsletter” at statsinsights.hillstrategies.com. Through a subscription model, I will continue t… View this resource
Since 2002, the Arts Research Monitor has provided synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in the arts and culture. Because of funding changes, we are distributing our new work at statsinsights.ca.
Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Provinces and 15 Metropolitan Areas in 2003
Arts Research MonitorConsumer Spending on Culture shows that Canadian consumers spent $22.8 billion on cultural goods and services in 2003, an amount that is greater than consumer spending on tobacco, alcohol and games of chance combined. The $22.8 billion in consumer sp… View this resource
J.K. Rowling Helps Women Writers Double their Share of #1 Bestsellers; Literary Life Begins at 50
Arts Research MonitorAn online self-publishing website has compiled information from the New York Times bestseller list from 1955 to 2005. The results? Women are currently more prevalent than ever on the bestseller list, having written 50% of the #1 bestsellers thus far… View this resource
Who Buys Books in Canada?
Arts Research MonitorWho Buys Books in Canada?, a recent report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series by Hill Strategies Research, shows that a total of $1.1 billion was spent on books in 2001. An average of $196 was spent by each of the 5.7 million households w… View this resource
Reading and Buying Books for Pleasure: 2005 National Survey
Arts Research MonitorThis January 2005 survey of almost 2,000 Canadians 16 and older shows that a vast majority of Canadians – 87% – read a book for pleasure in the past year. Over half of Canadians read books for pleasure “every day” or “al… View this resource
Learning a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, 2003
Arts Research MonitorFull report available at http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=89-603-XWE This report highlights the “prose”, “document”, “numeracy” and “problem-solving” skills of adults in Canada and six other countries in 2003. About 15% of Canadia… View this resource
