Book :: DiMaggio, P. & Ostrower, F. (1987). Race, ethnicity and participation in the arts: Patterns of participation in Black, Hispanic, and White Americans in selected activities from the 1982 and 1985 surveys of public participation in the arts. Washington, DC: Seven Locks Press.

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Abstract

This report utilizes data from the 1982 and 1985 Surveys of Public Participation in the Arts to describe differences in patterns of participation in selected arts related activities by Black, Hispanic, and White respondents. Arts participation by Whites is greatest for all selected activities, except for Black attendance at jazz music activities. For most activities, absolute differences are relatively small, and net differences between Blacks and Whites are more marked for visually oriented art than for performing arts activities. Hispanics participate at rates similar to those of socioeconomically comparable Whites. Differences associated with race are small compared to those associated with educational attainment, income, occupational prestige, and gender; and socioeconomic factors are principal participation barriers for Blacks and Hispanics. Intergroup differences are smaller for younger than for older respondents and appear to be the result of an increase in the number of years of schooling of younger Black and Hispanic respondents.

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