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Id 185
Author Wheatley, D.; Bickerton, C.
Title Subjective well-being and engagement in arts, culture and sport.
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Wheatley, D., & Bickerton, C. (2017). Subjective well-being and engagement in arts, culture and sport. Journal of Cultural Economics, 41(1), 23–45.

Link to article https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-016-9270-0
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between engagement in arts, culture and sport, and subjective well-being, contributing to our understanding of the leisure experience, and cultural value, of these activities. Ordered probit analysis of UK data from wave 2 (2010–2011) of Understanding Society provides evidence in support of a wide range of cultural goods generating positive leisure experience, reflected in overall (life, general happiness) and domain (leisure) satisfaction. Frequency of engagement is central to certain activities: only regular participation in arts activities and sport generates positive effects. In contrast, arts events are positive irrespective of frequency. The findings also indicate even less frequent engagement in activities exhibiting cultural characteristics, e.g. museums/historical sites, has positive association with satisfaction. Finally, although employment has a negative association with leisure satisfaction, engagement in leisure activities is not found to spillover into job satisfaction (with the exception of certain sports). This suggests individuals consider work and leisure (including quality of leisure time) separately.

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Ordered probit analysis of UK data from wave 2 of Understanding Society provides evidence in support of a wide range of cultural goods generating positive leisure experience, reflected in overall and domain satisfaction. in recent years there has been a significant public debate about the role of gross domestic product and its profile in policy making processes prompting attempts to construct alternative measures of economic performance and well-being: the uk office for national statistics now reports on well-being. work undertaken by the scottish executive in explored quality of life and well-being in the context of measuring the benefits of culture and sport but concluded that evidence demonstrating a link is scarce galloway et al. they found well-being to be enhanced as musical performances are therapeutic in the broadest sense providing immersion in the performance through the act of performing for the performer and emotional effects for the audience. meanwhile engagement in these activities similarly has a positive association with general happiness with the exception of visiting archives.


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