cultural activities
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finnish cultural foundation
annual report 2013–2014
Attitudes towards funding of arts
‘The elite should pay for the arts that they like’
‘The arts must be subsidised through taxes
so that people with low incomes can also enjoy culture’
‘Funding for artists should not be decided solely by arts professionals’
30 30 14 19 7
28 30 9 23 9
29 30 9 24 8
29 29 8 26 9
20 28 9 30 14
30 31 8 23 9
55 24 9 9 2
22 37 8 28 6
20 21 13 33 13
9 27 12 36 16
21 35 14 18 12
22 31 16 20 10
29 38 7 16 11
26 44 4 17 9
26 42 3 21 8
25 44 3 17 10
24 47 5 15 9
37 39 3 15 6
13 37 5 25 20
23 47 3 19 9
51 34 4 9 3
48 40 3 7 2
24 43 8 15 10
25 45 6 18 7
23 39 20 17 3
19 46 16 16 3
22 44 16 15 3
20 48 15 14 3
19 46 15 15 4
17 48 14 17 4
36 37 12 12 3
19 52 12 16 1
20 39 18 16 7
12 44 18 23 3
14 42 21 19 4
17 44 23 13 3
The impact of income on cultural attitudes is surprisingly small throughout the survey.
The same applies to the funding of culture: the differences in opinions are based on values
and not so much on earnings.
❶
Fully agree
❷
Mostly agree
❸
Can’t say
❹
Mostly disagree
❺
Fully disagree
Income below EUR 25,000
25,000–45,000
45,000–55,000
Income over EUR 55,000
Conservative Party
Social Democrats
Finns Party
Centre Party Greens
Left Alliance
Other total
Can’t say
Income below EUR 25,000
25,000–45,000
45,000–55,000
Income over EUR 55,000
Conservative Party
Social Democrats
Finns Party
Centre Party Greens
Left Alliance
Other total
Can’t say
Income below EUR 25,000
25,000–45,000
45,000–55,000
Income over EUR 55,000
Conservative Party
Social Democrats
Finns Party
Centre Party Greens
Left Alliance
Other total
Can’t say