Public Perceptions of Artists, United States, 2017, 2019, 2022 (ICPSR 39355)
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Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Rachel Skaggs, The Ohio State University
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39355.v1
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This study provides cross-sectional data from a nationally representative survey that collected data on public perceptions of artists.
The data were collected in March 2017, August 2019, and April 2022; the development of the survey instrument and results from its pilot test are documented in Novak-Leonard and Skaggs (2017). In each wave, a core set of questions is repeated while additional wave-specific questions are uniquely added on matters germane to arts policy within the United States.
Each survey wave has been administered through the AmeriSpeak Panel, a probability-based panel designed to be representative of the U.S. household population, operated by NORC at the University of Chicago. The survey was offered in both in English and Spanish and fielded through both a web-based survey and phone interviews. The data are weighted using sampling weights provided by AmeriSpeak, accounting for age, gender, U.S. Census geographic divisions, education levels, and race/ethnicity. In 2017, the resulting sample was 1,110 adult respondents (age 18 and older); in 2019, the resulting sample contained 1,002 adult respondents; and, in 2022, 1,033 adult respondents.
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In each wave participants were asked about seeing or interacting with artists in their community in the last 12 months, descriptions of the artists' roles or work in communities, social relationships with artists, locations of interactions with artists, employment and artist funding, government of culture and arts, socio-demographics, and about the amount of local artists in the community and their impact.
Additional wave-specific sections include opinions on government proposals to defund arts-relevant federal agencies, collective efficacy, and artists' contributions to local communities.
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In 2017, the resulting sample was 1,110 adult respondents (age 18 and older); in 2019, the resulting sample contained 1,002 adult respondents; and, in 2022, 1,033 adult respondents.
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2025-05-12
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2025-05-12 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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The data are weighted using sampling weights provided by AmeriSpeak accounting for age, gender, U.S. Census geographic divisions, education levels, and race/ethnicity.
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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Data on Arts & Culture (NADAC). NADAC is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.