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French and American Cultural Participation
Elements of Comparisons 1981-2008
- The situation at the start of the 1980s
- A better educated American population viewing more television
- Higher cultural participation in the United States with the exception of book reading
- American and French consumers with a very similar profile
- Changes that are often similar but shifted in time
- A shared drop in book reading
- Converging trends…
- … with the exception of dance and theatre shows
- Ageing public and cultural inequalities
- Later feminization in France
- A marked ageing of the public in both countries
- A fall in the participation of the most educated in both countries, with the exception of live shows in France
- Income related differences becoming entrenched in the United States
- A general attenuation of the differences between France and the United States
- Virtues of the French model or delay effect?