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Table 2 Prevalence, days and hours engaged in the arts in the previous 12 months (n = 702)

From: The art of being mentally healthy: a study to quantify the relationship between recreational arts engagement and mental well-being in the general population

Arts engagement measure

Attendance

Participation

Learning

Work or volunteera

Member

Overall arts engagement

Prevalence of arts engagement in the previous 12 months

77.8 %

48.4 %

11.4 %

11.0 %

10.3 %

82.9 %

Days engaged in the arts in the previous 12 months

Mean

5.66

20.67

1.76

2.63

2.35

33.06

SD

8.33

46.17

7.94

10.82

9.19

56.93

Median

3.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9.00

IQR

6.00

21.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

37.00

Hours per day engaged in the arts in the previous 12 months

Mean

2.28

1.39

0.39

0.44

0.29

2.44

SD

1.84

1.94

1.29

1.61

0.95

1.81

Median

2.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

2.07

IQR

2.00

2.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.85

Hours engaged in the arts in the previous 12 months

Mean

16.09

63.32

5.32

9.04

7.02

100.80

SD

25.11

170.99

26.93

45.47

30.92

205.99

Median

8.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

23.00

IQR

18.00

48.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

96.00

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range
  2. aNon-professional artist