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1998-99 |
| Population |
59,574,400 |
59,234,700 |
| Public library members * |
34,553,152 |
34,356,126 |
| * Figure based on an estimate of 58% of the population holding a library card. |
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| Adult users' views
of public libraries 2003-04 |
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Very good |
Good |
Adequate |
Poor |
Very poor |
| Books and other materials |
29.5% |
46.1% |
20.9% |
3.2% |
0.4% |
| Hours of opening |
29.5% |
42.8% |
22.5% |
4.5% |
0.7% |
| Overall |
49.4% |
43.4% |
6.7% |
0.4% |
0.1% |
| Source: CIPFAe |
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| Status of adult users
of public libraries 2003-04 |
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| Source: CIPFAc |
| The total is higher than 100% because respondents were able to select more than one option. |
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| Age of adult users
of public libraries 2003-04 |
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| Source: CIPFAe |
| Survey of adult library users only |
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| Gender of adult users of public libraries 2003-04 |
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| Source: CIPFAe |
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| Gender of child users of public libraries 2003-04 |
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| Source: CIPFAd |
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Child users having
own
library card 2003-04 |
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| Source: CIPFAd |
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| Age of child users of public libraries 2003-04 |
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| Source: CIPFAd |
| The survey relates to users up to age 16. As a result, not all data have been
included and the total % of respondents is less than 100. |
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| Visitors to archives by age |
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| Source: PSQG Survey, 2004 |
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| Analysis of visitors to archives |
| Proportion male/female |
59.9% / 40.1% |
| Proportion researching family history |
58.9% |
| Source: PSQG Survey, 2004 |
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| Dwell time of visitors to archives |
| Up to 1 hr |
7.8% |
| 1-2 hrs |
14.0% |
| 2-3 hrs |
18.0% |
| 3-5 hrs |
27.7% |
| 5hrs + |
32.5% |
| Source: PSQG, 2004 |
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| Main purpose in visiting an archives service |
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| Source: PSQG Survey, 2004 |
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| Museum visitors in England
2003-04 |
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| Proportion of visitors: |
male 43% |
female 56% |
MORI, 2005 |
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adult 70% |
child 30% |
VisitBritain, 2005b |
| to DCMS museums |
adult 76% |
child 24% |
DCMS |
| Proportion of overseas visitors: |
19% |
VisitBritain, 2005b |
| to DCMS museums |
33% |
DCMS |
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Breakdown of GB museum
visitors
by social grade 2004 |
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| Source: MORI, 2005 |
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Social Class |
Occupation of Chief Income Earner |
| A |
Upper Middle Class |
Higher managerial, administrative or professional |
| B |
Middle Class |
Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional |
| C1 |
Lower Middle Class |
Supervisor, clerical, junior managerial, admin or professional |
| C2 |
Skilled Working Class |
Skilled manual workers |
| D |
Working Class |
Semi and unskilled manual workers |
| E |
Lowest subsistence |
State pensioners and unwaged |
Source: MORI, 2004 |
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| Museum visitors in
Great Britain - age profile |
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| Source: TGI, 2003-04 data |
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| Percentage of adults
visiting museums in the last 12 months, by age (GB, 2004) |
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| Source: TGI, 2003-04 data |
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| Museum visitors
in Great Britain by terminal education age |
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| Source: TGI |
Terminal education age is the age at finishing full-time education.
The 19+ category includes those still studying.
Percentages may not add up to 100% owing to rounding. |
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| Museum visitors
in Great Britain by household type |
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| Source: TGI, 2003-04 data |
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Percentage of adults
in England visiting museums
by socio-economic status (2003) |
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| Source: Arts Council England, 2004 |
Professional - includes managerial posts
Small employers - includes own account workers
Technical - includes low supervisory roles
Routine - Includes semi-routine workers
Unemployed - Long-term unemployed and those who have never worked |
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Great Britain (2004) |
Main circumstances for visiting museums/galleries |
%
visitors |
| Special exhibition/event of interest |
49 |
| Whilst on holiday in UK |
48 |
| Whilst on holiday abroad |
38 |
Main factors in encouraging visits |
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| General interest |
35 |
| Been before and wanted to come again |
28 |
| Interest in particular temporary exhibition |
26 |
Main reasons for not visiting museums/galleries |
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non-visitors |
| No time/opportunity |
32 |
| Not interested |
22 |
| Nothing particularly want to see |
19 |
| Source: MORI, 2004 |
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