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Taking Part April 2016: "Focus On..." reports

The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS.

Documents

Taking Part, focus on: cross-sector participation

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Taking Part, focus on: libraries

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Taking Part, focus on: social media

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Cross-sector participation

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Libraries

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Social media

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Pre-release access

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About

The Taking Part survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old. This latest series of reports presents data up to September 2015.

Released

28 April 2016

Period covered

April 2005 to September 2015

Geographic coverage

National and Regional level data for England.

Next release date

A release of rolling annual estimates for adults, including the second half of the 2015 to 2016 survey year is due to be published on 21 July 2016.

Summary

This series of reports presents additional analysis of data from the Taking Part adult survey. The reports cover libraries, cross-sector participation and social media.

Statistical worksheets

These spreadsheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The responsible statistician for this release is Helen Miller-Bakewell. For enquiries on this release, or for any other queries regarding Taking Part, contact the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gov.uk.

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Published 28 April 2016

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