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The purpose of this article is to analyse whether there are any differences in the time use of thepeople who visit cultural institutions and the people who do not. Presuming that consumption ofculture means more than just having a good time to reduce depression, improve health andincrease the feeling of happiness both in case of men and women (Cuypers, Krokstad et al.2011), but it also enriches people with new information and food for thought (which is a part ofshaping people’s knowledge and beliefs, values, preferences and objectives throughout their life),we may assume that it has certain impact on their daily life and activities, too. Based on the factthat consumption of culture enhances mental activeness (Park 2011), one could assume that italso affects other aspects of daily human life. In order to verify this, I hereby set a hypothesis thatpeople who consume culture are in general more active than people without the habit ofconsuming culture.

The aim of the article is to provide an overview of the household expenditures related to culture. Under culture are meant consumption of the cultural products and services but also some amateur cultural activities. Cultural services and products are related to creative activities and their output (to which usually go under copyright law), making it accessible to public either by public performance or by recordings. In addition to that cultural expenditures concern expenditures on different media that make dissemination of the culture possible, e.g. printed or e-books as well as other data carriers and their readers or equipment for their playback.