Around the world, culture is acknowledged as the cornerstone of identity, providing a sense of belonging and the social and economic cohesion of communities. It is also the foundation of sustainable...
Presents theories, concepts and practices are used in and inform the effective measuring of festivals across the globe.
Presents the results of the Serbia case study that tested the methodology for measuring the economic contribution of cultural industries proposed by UNESCO.
Instruction manual for completing the questionnaire on cultural employment statistics.
Describes the general characteristics of the sources of employment statistics globally, and how this information contributes to the design of the UIS Survey of Cultural Employment.
Presents an internationally standardized approach to measure cultural participation.
The UIS annual education data collection includes:
The UIS also collects data on literacy and educational attainment from more than 200 countries and territories. Countries report data based on censuses and national and international household surveys. The UIS supplements literacy and educational attainment data provided by countries by calculating indicators based on information obtained from the United Nations Statistical Division, international surveys like the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted by UNICEF and from national surveys on the active population conducted by the OECD.
The UIS conducts an annual survey on R&D and a biennial survey on innovation involving about 150 countries. To complement these surveys, data are also collected from the following partners: RICYT, OECD, Eurostat and ASTII.
In the field of culture, the UIS conducts two global surveys on cultural employment (conducted annually) and feature films and cinema (conducted every two years).
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Feature film statistics survey.
Encuesta sobre estadísticas de películas de largometraje.
Cultural employment survey.
Cultural employment survey.