Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

About - 2007-2018

Since 2004, the IBGE has been developing a consistent and continuous basis of information and indicators related to culture, providing  the government and private institutions with support for planning and decision making, and, the general users, with elements for further sectorial analyses. To this end, over the years, studies had been conducted with indicators created by the Institute itself. This edition of the study presents the most updated data available  at the conclusion of this volume and and also brings innovations.

To update the scope of the production of cultural goods  and services, in the country and in the considered period, information was obtained from the Central Register of Enterprises (CEMPRE) and from the economic surveys by enterprises (The Annual Survey of Industry-Enterprise (PIA-Enterprise), the Annual Survey of Trade (PAC) and the Annual Survey of Services (PAS)), while government and households costs related to culture came from the Economic and Financial Statistics of the Public Administration and from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (POF), respectively. The main innovations in this edition are related to the aggregation of three databases: the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (Continuous PNAD), responsible for statistics about the population characteristics that are integrated into the culture sector, enabling regional subdivision analyses  up to the Capital Municipalities level, such as the presence of thin-screen television in the households and aspects of the use of cell phones and Internet by the population; the Survey of Basic Municipal Information (MUNIC), which analyzes the potential access to cultural facilities and means of communication present in the municipalities; and the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), from which was possible to develop a culture price index for the measurement of life costs related to the expenditure of goods and services that are included in this sector, which evidence the behavior, over the years, of the prices from   fixed list of products mainly used for that  purpose.

The publication brings methodological considerations that highlight the description and classification of economic activities related to culture and their connection with the National Classification of Economic Activities (CNAE 2.0), which informs the main characteristics of researches used as sources of information and analyzes selected indicators for the delimitation of that productive sector from different perspectives. The subdivision analysis adopted in this edition includes economic sectors directly and indirectly related to culture, public and private costs, formal and informal work occupation, price changes, constraints and cultural enjoyment potential by means of cultural  facilities, communication media and technological access. From the sources used and the proposed subdivisions, it is possible to see the temporal and spatial changes of the indicators, as well as to point out social inequalities. The publication also includes a glossary with relevant concepts for the understanding of results.