First Release
27 september 2016
final data
One in three persons attended a live sport event, more than half attended other
live performances
Social and cultural participation, Slovenia, 2015
In 2015 every other person in Slovenia attended a live performance; one in three attended a sport
event. One in four persons was engaged in some artistic activity, more than half did some voluntary
unpaid informal work. Two-thirds of persons were in contacts with friends every week.
Every other person attended a live performance, one in three attended a live sport event
In the period of one year before the survey was conducted in 2015 among persons aged 16 and over:
More than half (57%) attended at least one live performance; 29% up to three performances, 28%
more than three performances. Concerts, theatre plays and performances where children participated
were the most visited. Live performances were visited more by those with tertiary education (78%) and
by those with the highest incomes (76%);
37% of persons went to cinema; 12% of them more than three times. Young people and students went
to cinema more frequently;
One in three persons attended live sport events. Live sport events were more interesting for men;
40% of them attended sport events at least once and 22% more than three times. 23% of women
attended sport events at least once and 10% more than three times;
44% of persons visited cultural or historical sites; 26% of them more than three times. Castles,
churches, museums and art galleries were the most visited. Among young people (16 to 24 years)
every other (51%) visited those sites at least once; also 34% of older persons (65 or more years)
visited cultural or historical sites.
More than half of the population helps other people voluntarily
In the period of one year before the survey was conducted in 2015 among persons aged 16 and over:
55% of persons did some voluntary informal unpaid activities, such as helping other people (e.g.
taking care of people in hospital/at home, cooking, cleaning for others, repairing, taking people for a
walk, transporting them, etc.), helping animals or cleaning the environment. 10% did not do any of
such work because of lack of interest, 16% had lack of time and 20% did not do it because of other
reasons;
30% of persons did some unpaid non-compulsory work for or through an organization, a formal
group or a club; more men (34%) than women (27%).
One in four persons engaged in some artistic activity
In 2015 in spare time (as a hobby) 26% of persons aged 16+ were engaged in some artistic activity. Most of
them were engaged in handcraft (10%), followed by singing or dancing (7%). In their spare time 6% of
persons were engaged in photography or making videos and 5% played an instrument.
Integration with friends, relatives remains high
In 2015, 67% of persons aged 16+ had weekly contacts with friends via telephone, SMS, Internet, mail,
etc., which is 9 percentage points more than in 2006. The share of persons who were in contacts with
relatives increased by 13 percentage points (2006: 51%; 2015: 64%). Social media enables friends and
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relatives to be in contact more frequently; in 2015 one in three persons actively participated in social
networking sites every week, among them 21% every day. Consequently, the share of those who got
together with friends slightly lowered, by 4 percentage points (from 59% in 2006 to 55% in 2015). The
share of persons who got together with relatives during this period has not changed (46%).
Infographic 1: Persons aged 16 and over who visited cinema, sport events, other live performances
and cultural or historical sights, Slovenia, 2015
Source:SURS
Methodological note
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The attached excel file contains detailed data on the ad-hoc module ‘Social and cultural participation’, which
is a part of the Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). The data were collected with the survey (in
the first half of 2015) and the use of administrative and register data. The survey data are mostly for 2015,
the register and administrative data are mostly for 2014. Some data are comparable with 2006.
Attachments
Social and cultural participation, Slovenia, 2015 - final data.xlsx, 403kB
Author/s: Martina Stare
Next release: 14. 9. 2017
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