Arts and Culture: Data and Statistics: Research Data

For a detailed overview of available data in the arts, take a look at CPANDA's research guides.  These include guides to available research data on arts and cultural policy issues, in the areas of artists, audiences, arts and cultural organizations, and support for the arts.

Data archives contain raw data files that are used for secondary analysis in research.

• Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA) is the world's first interactive digital archive of policy-relevant data on the arts and cultural policy in the United States. It is a collaborative effort of Princeton University's Firestone Library and the Princeton Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. The Pew Charitable Trusts underwrote the original development of the archive.

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) contains a small number of studies related to the arts.

• National Endowment for the Arts – Research Reports. A comprehensive account of trends and findings related to an NEA-funded arts discipline, to arts participation generally, or to arts access or artist employment. Typically contains original research and detailed statistical analyses.

• Survey of Public Participation in the Arts collects data on Americans' participation in the arts, including the performing arts, the visual arts, and the literary arts. Alternative access: ICPSR for data sets. Reports in print, ERIC documents, and from NEA.