Amateur artistic creativity in community cultural centers

AMATEUR ARTISTIC CREATIVITY IN 2017

(Number)
Kind of amateur artistic creativity	Study circles, groups, formations			Participants			Appearance
Kind of amateur artistic creativity	Total	In urban areas	In rural areas	Total	In urban areas	In rural areas	Total	In urban areas	In rural areas
Music and singing	4 607	1 629	2 978	49 769	19 260	30 509	37 118	15 405	21 713
orchestras	263	162	101	2 358	1 735	623	3 810	2 711	1 099
instrumental formations	146	94	52	973	687	286	1 135	547	588
vocal-instrumental formations	247	146	101	2 475	1 428	1 047	2 091	1 176	915
authentic folklore singing	2 778	619	2 159	30 816	7 720	23 096	22 411	6 064	16 347
pop/rock/jazz singing	159	140	19	1 473	1 351	122	1 508	1 417	91
groups for old urban songs	442	186	256	4 520	1 971	2 549	2 741	1 645	1 096
opera singing	14	13	1	154	144	10	54	39	15
other music and singing creativity	558	269	289	7 000	4 224	2 776	3 368	1 806	1 562
Dance art	3 178	1 353	1 825	56 640	31 361	25 279	20 807	10 143	10 664
authentic folklore dances	2 386	925	1 461	44 593	23 304	21 289	16 129	7 058	9 071
dancesport	108	65	43	1 889	1 427	462	870	700	170
dance of other nations	111	51	60	1 308	665	643	628	317	311
ethnic group dances	178	51	127	2 083	730	1 353	821	337	484
ballet dancing	160	143	17	3 285	3 119	166	1 180	1 112	68
other dance art	235	118	117	3 482	2 116	1 366	1 179	619	560
Clubs and study circles	3 077	1 327	1 750	39 375	20 142	19 233	13 985	7 353	6 632
applied arts	454	177	277	5 659	2 292	3 367	2 197	927	1 270
fine art	404	200	204	4 785	2 826	1 959	1 696	1 079	617
historical	121	61	60	2 115	1 414	701	634	416	218
dramatic	548	285	263	6 241	3 657	2 584	2 507	1 472	1 035
other clubs and study circles	1 550	604	946	20 575	9 953	10 622	6 951	3 459	3 492
Sport groups	231	147	84	3 722	2 746	976	836	641	195
Other study circles, groups and formations	898	271	627	17 108	6 062	11 046	3 504	1 473	2 031

21.05.2018

Methodology

Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

COMMUNITY CLUBS - revenue and expenditure of community clubs, amateur artistic creativity, cultural and creative activities, members and staff
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	'Education and Culture Statistics' Department
Contact name	Anzhelina Aleksieva
Contact person function	Junior Expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+ 359 2 9857 519
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified	21 May 2018
Metadata last posted	21 May 2018
Metadata last update	21 May 2018
Statistical presentation
Data description	The data refers to the number of chitalishta (also called community clubs, community cultural centers or cultural centers). In the survey are included indicators for the revenue and expenditure of chitalishta; courses - language, music, dance, etc.; amateur artistic creativity - type groups and schools, cultural and creative activities - organized celebration of important dates, discussions of books, organized museum collections and other, members, staff and material supplies.
Classification system	· Staff category; · Nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).
Sector coverage	Survey covers the activity of all registered community cultural centers according to the People’s Chitalishte Act.
Statistical concepts and definitions	Community cultural centers are traditional self-managed Bulgarian culture-educational organizations in the settlements which perform and public cultural and educational tasks.
Statistical unit	Community cultural center.
Statistical population	Community cultural centers, opened according to the People's Chitalishte act.
Reference area	Republic of Bulgaria.
Time coverage	In electronic format - 2005, 2007, 2012, 2017.
Base period	Not applicable.
Unit of measure
Number, Percent
Reference period
Once in every five years.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	· People's Chitalishte Act; · Law on Statistics.
Data sharing	There is an agreement to exchange data with Ministry of Culture.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment	Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.
Release policy
Release calendar	The date for publication of statistical information is listed in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
User access	Data is published on the NSI website, section Culture in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.
Frequency of dissemination
Once in every five years.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press releases, related to the data
Publications	· Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure); · Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.
On-line database	Data on community cultural centers are available to all users on the NSI website under the heading Culture - Community clubs (http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4537), and also on Information System ‘Infostat’ (https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=213).
Micro-data access	Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.
Other	Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services to NSI.
Documentation on methodology	Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Culture_9_Methodology_en.pdf
Quality documentation	Quality documents are under preparation.
Quality management
Quality assurance	Not applicable.
Quality assessment	Not applicable.
Relevance
User needs	The main users of statistical information by the survey of the community cultural centers activity are: Ministry of Culture; End users - including the media - interested is the community cultural centers activity in the Republic of Bulgaria.
User satisfaction	Not applicable.
Completeness	High degree of completeness is ensured according to the methodology.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	The survey is exhaustive. There have been several preliminary estimates for incomplete or missing data, using final methods when it is possible.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	The most recent survey Survey year: 2017 Fieldwork: February - March 2018 Processing: March - May 2018 Data dissemination: May 2018
Punctuality	The terms of the previous position are strictly observed.
Coherence and comparability

Comparability - geographical	Not applicable.
Comparability - over time	The data are comparable.
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Not applicable.
Cost and burden
The average length for filling the statistical report by the respondents is about 35 minutes.
Data revision
Data revision - policy	Not applicable (preliminary data not published).
Data revision - practice	Not applicable (preliminary data not published).
Statistical processing
Source data	Community cultural centers.
Frequency of data collection	Once in every five years.
Data collection	The study was conducted in two stages. First stage (1- 16 February 2018) - filling in the data by the respondents in the online survey application; Second Stage (19 February - 9 March 2018) - a paper form was provided for the respondents who did not submit data through the online survey application.
Data validation	The application for data entry was designed with additional controls and filters, which assured the consistency between different elements of provided information. After the field work were conducted additional logical checks by the experts in the RSOs and in NSI.
Data compilation	Data processing is performed with statistical software SPSS.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Comment

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ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

COMMUNITY CLUBS - revenue and expenditure of community clubs, amateur artistic creativity, cultural and creative activities, members and staff
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	'Education and Culture Statistics' Department
Contact name	Anzhelina Aleksieva
Contact person function	Junior Expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+ 359 2 9857 519
Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description	The data refers to the number of chitalishta (also called community clubs, community cultural centers or cultural centers). In the survey are included indicators for the revenue and expenditure of chitalishta; courses - language, music, dance, etc.; amateur artistic creativity - type groups and schools, cultural and creative activities - organized celebration of important dates, discussions of books, organized museum collections and other, members, staff and material supplies.
Classification system	· Staff category; · Nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).
Sector coverage	Survey covers the activity of all registered community cultural centers according to the People’s Chitalishte Act.
Statistical concepts and definitions	Community cultural centers are traditional self-managed Bulgarian culture-educational organizations in the settlements which perform and public cultural and educational tasks.
Statistical unit	Community cultural center.
Statistical population	Community cultural centers, opened according to the People's Chitalishte act.
Reference area	Republic of Bulgaria.
Time coverage	In electronic format - 2005, 2007, 2012, 2017.
Base period	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	Community cultural centers.
Frequency of data collection	Once in every five years.
Data collection	The study was conducted in two stages. First stage (1- 16 February 2018) - filling in the data by the respondents in the online survey application; Second Stage (19 February - 9 March 2018) - a paper form was provided for the respondents who did not submit data through the online survey application.
Data validation	The application for data entry was designed with additional controls and filters, which assured the consistency between different elements of provided information. After the field work were conducted additional logical checks by the experts in the RSOs and in NSI.
Data compilation	Data processing is performed with statistical software SPSS.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Quality management
Quality assurance	Not applicable.
Quality assessment	Not applicable.
Relevance
User needs	The main users of statistical information by the survey of the community cultural centers activity are: Ministry of Culture; End users - including the media - interested is the community cultural centers activity in the Republic of Bulgaria.
User satisfaction	Not applicable.
Completeness	High degree of completeness is ensured according to the methodology.
Data completeness - rate	Not applicable (census).
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	The survey is exhaustive. There have been several preliminary estimates for incomplete or missing data, using final methods when it is possible.
Sampling error	Not applicable.
Sampling errors - indicators	Not applicable (census).
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Coverage error	Not applicable (census).
Over-coverage - rate	Not applicable (census).
Common units - proportion	Not applicable (census).
Measurement error	Not applicable (census).
Non response error	Not applicable (census).
Unit non-response - rate	Not applicable (census).
Item non-response - rate	Not applicable (census).
Processing error	Not applicable (census).
Imputation - rate	Not applicable (no imputations).
Model assumption error	Not applicable (census).
Seasonal adjustment	Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments).
Data revision - policy	Not applicable (preliminary data not published).
Data revision - practice	Not applicable (preliminary data not published).
Data revision - average size	Not applicable (only final data is published).
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	The most recent survey Survey year: 2017 Fieldwork: February - March 2018 Processing: March - May 2018 Data dissemination: May 2018
Time lag - first results	18 weeks
Time lag - final results	Not applicable (only final results published).
Punctuality	The terms of the previous position are strictly observed.
Punctuality - delivery and publication	Not applicable (data published on exact date).
Coherence and comparability

Comparability - geographical	Not applicable.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient	Not applicable (no flows).
Comparability - over time	The data are comparable.
Length of comparable time series	4 years.
Coherence - cross domain	Not applicable.
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics	Not applicable (annual survey).
Coherence - National Accounts	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Not applicable.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press releases, related to the data
Publications	· Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure); · Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.
On-line database	Data on community cultural centers are available to all users on the NSI website under the heading Culture - Community clubs (http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4537), and also on Information System ‘Infostat’ (https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=213).
Data tables - consultations	Not available.
Micro-data access	Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.
Other	Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services to NSI.
Metadata - consultations	Not available.
Documentation on methodology	Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Culture_9_Methodology_en.pdf
Metadata completeness – rate	100%.
Quality documentation	Quality documents are under preparation.
Cost and burden
The average length for filling the statistical report by the respondents is about 35 minutes.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality – data treatment	Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.
Comment

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Publishing Production in 2019 (Published Books and Pamphlets and Continued Editions)

Friday, 26 June 2020 - 11:00

In Bulgaria during 2019 were issued:

• 9 516 books and pamphlets with circulation of 7 628 thousands

• 223 newspapers with circulation of 169 261 thousands

• 595 magazines and bulletins with circulation of 9 016 thousands

• 140 periodical collections with circulation of 22 thousands.

Publishing2019_en_FTERFM0.pdf
Annual Statistical Surveys in the Field of Culture in 2019 - Main Results

Friday, 22 May 2020 - 11:00

In 2019 in Bulgaria were operating the following cultural institutions:

• 160 museums with museum collection of 7 529 thousand units;

• 74 theatres, which organized 15 955 performances, visited by 2 516 thousand viewers;

• 52 music formations;

• 47 libraries with library collection over 200 thousand library units;

• 74 cinemas with 237 cinema screens.

Culture2019_en_VAF9WR9.pdf
Publishing Production in 2018 (Published Books and Pamphlets and Continued Editions)

Thursday, 20 June 2019 - 11:00

In Bulgaria during 2018 were issued:

• 9 842 books and pamphlets with circulation of 11 262 thousands

• 239 newspapers with circulation of 216 037 thousands

• 607 magazines and bulletins with circulation of 14 786 thousands

• 98 periodical collections with circulation of 18 thousands.

Publishing2018_en_J30JOJN.pdf
Annual Statistical Surveys in the Field of Culture in 2018 - Main Results

Wednesday, 22 May 2019 - 11:00

In 2018 in Bulgaria were operating the following cultural institutions:

• 174 museums with museum collection of 7 419 thousand units;

• 75 theatres, which organized 15 155 performances, visited by 2 389 thousand viewers;

• 51 music formations;

• 47 libraries with library collection over 200 thousand library units;

• 69 cinemas with 226 cinema screens.

Culture2018_en_GWCIGF1.pdf
Publishing Production in 2017 (Published Books and Pamphlets and Continued Editions)

Wednesday, 20 June 2018 - 11:00

In Bulgaria during 2017 were issued:

• 10 068 books and pamphlets with circulation of 6 710 thousands

• 245 newspapers with circulation of 196 288 thousands

• 603 magazines and bulletins with circulation of 16 982 thousands

• 114 periodical collections with circulation of 21 thousands.

Publishing2017_en_ERAVU4K.pdf
Annual Statistical Surveys in the Field of Culture in 2017 - Main Results

Tuesday, 22 May 2018 - 11:00

In 2017 in Bulgaria were operating the following cultural institutions:

• 191 museums with museum collection of 7 406 thousand units;

• 74 theatres, in which were organized 15 333 performances, visited by 2 222 thousand viewers;

• 54 music formations;

• 47 libraries with library collection over 200 thousand library units;

• 68 cinemas with 226 cinema screens.

Culture2017_en_NPIZ1N3.pdf
Main Results from the Survey on Community Cultural Centres Activities in 2017

Monday, 21 May 2018 - 11:00

The number of operating community clubs as of 31.12.2017 in Republic of Bulgaria was 3 321, from which 663 (20.0%) in urban and 2 658 (80.0%) in rural areas. In comparison to 2012 the number of community clubs had increased with 246. The register members were 272 797 and in comparison to 2012 there was observed an increase with 34 593 or with 14.5%.

CommunityClubs2017_en_JKWX3VJ.pdf
Publishing Production in 2016 (Published Books and Pamphlets and Continued Editions)

Tuesday, 20 June 2017 - 11:00

In Bulgaria during 2016 were issued:

• 8 530 Books and Pamphlets with circulation of 4 507 thousands

• 262 Newspapers с with circulation of 229 008 thousands

• 635 the Magazines and Bulletins with circulation of 17 265 thousands

• 108 Periodical collections with circulation of 21 thousands.

Publishing2016_en_1IAVU4K.pdf
Annual Statistical Surveys in the Field of Culture in 2016 - Main Results

Monday, 22 May 2017 - 11:00

In 2016 in Bulgaria were operating the following cultural institutions:

• 195 museums with museum collection of 7 360 thousand units;

• 75 theatres, in which were organized 15 162 performances, visited by 2 295 thousand viewers;

• 58 music formations;

• 47 libraries with library collection over 200 thousand library units;

• 59 cinemas with 220 cinema screens.

Culture2016_en_8QBTIIC.pdf
Publishing Production in 2015 (Published Books and Pamphlets and Continued Editions)

Monday, 20 June 2016 - 11:00

In Bulgaria during 2015 were produced:

• 9 320 Books and Pamphlets with circulation of 4 904 thousands

• 283 Newspapers with circulation of 267 346 thousands

• 635 Magazines and Bulletins with circulation of 21 400 thousands

• 108 Periodical collections with circulation of 29 thousands.

Publishing2015_en_RYE6M6J.pdf

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