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  2. Methodology and quality
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Theatre

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Population and Social Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Erik Lest

1.4. Contact person function

Analyst

1.5. Contact mail address

20 Narva Rd., 51009 Tartu, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

erik.lest [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

37258860456

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

27/03/2025

2.2. Metadata last update

27/03/2025

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Number of theatres, productions, performances, theatre halls, seating capacity and attendance by type of theatre

Number of productions, performances, attendance and average ticket price by type of theatre and genre of production

Number of performances by target group

Financial data by type of theatre

3.2. Classification system

Not used

3.3. Sector coverage

Theatres

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Average ticket price – gross box office receipts divided by total number of tickets sold.

Cultural event (data published for 1995–2003) – any cultural event produced by a theatre, except theatre productions, e.g. a ball, concert, poetry reading, etc. Only events with tickets sold are counted.

Employees (data published for 2000–2006) – persons working under an employment contract.

Guest performance – a performance given outside the regular venue of the production.

Labour costs – costs on wages and salaries of all employees, including temporary workers, with calculated social tax (basic wage, bonuses, holiday pay, guarantees and allowances paid in the cases prescribed by the law and other labour associated costs).

New production – a production that premiered during the reference year.

Other production – e.g. a circus show that uses acrobatic elements, pantomime, clownery; a production that cannot be strictly categorized under any other type of production.

3.5. Statistical unit

Theatre

3.6. Statistical population

Theatres

FRAME

Theatres who submitted a report to the Estonian Theatre Agency

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

3.8. Time coverage

1985–…

3.9. Base period

Not applicable

4. Unit of measure

Performances – number

Institutions – number

Attendance – number

5. Reference period

Year

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

NO_ENGLISH_VALUE

OTHER AGREEMENTS

2009 UNESCO Framework for cultural statistics

7. Confidentiality
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia (in Estonian). See more details on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section Õigusaktid.

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

Calendar

8.3. User access

All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Annual

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

Not published

10.2. Publications

More information on theatre statistics is available in the database of the Estonian Theatre Agency at statistika.teater.ee or in the publications “Eesti teatristatistika” and “Teatrielu”.

10.3. Online database

Data are published under the subject area “Social life / Culture” in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat.

10.4. Microdata access

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes.

10.5. Other

Not used

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Not available

10.7. Quality documentation

Not available

11. Quality management
11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance
12.1. User needs

Ministry of Culture

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys.

12.3. Completeness

Not applicable

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

Using administrative data ensures data accuracy. Units not submitting the questionnaire are excluded; this may result in undercoverage.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable

13.3. Non-sampling error

During data entry, the people who enter the data in the register may make mistakes which are impossible to discover. Institutions may not update all the data annually as required.

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

The data are published 270 days after the end of the reference year (T + 270).

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The data are published for Estonia only. Geographical comparability at international level cannot be assessed.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The main data on theatres have been published since 1985, the data on economic activities since 1995, the data on performances by target group since 2004 and the data on performances by genre of production since 2007. Until 2003 (incl.), data was published only on state and town theatres. In 2004–2006, also other theatres supported from the state budget were included. Since 2007, in addition to state and town theatres, all private theatres and theatre projects have been included, irrespective of whether or not they receive state support. The data on state and town theatres in the time series are comparable over time, and the data on private theatres and theatre projects are comparable since 2007. Changes in the time series may be due to the difference in the definitions and methodology used by Statistics Estonia and the Estonian Theatre Agency. Statistics Estonia collected data on theaters before 2004, Estonian Theater Agency since 2004.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

The cross-domain coherence can not be assessed. Theatre data have been collected by the Estonian Theatre Agency since 2004 and the same information is currently not collected anywhere else in Estonia.

15.4. Coherence - internal

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent. Due to rounding, the sums received by adding numbers in tables are not always equal with the total.

16. Cost and burden

17. Data revision
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia.

17.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Not used

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

The following data are received from the Estonian Theatre Agency: target group, genre, number of productions, performances, theatre halls, seating capacity, attendance, box office receipts, financial data.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Not used

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual

18.3. Data collection

Theatres submit a report to the Estonian Theatre Agency.

Statistics Estonia receives the data from the Estonian Theatre Agency by e-mail.

18.4. Data validation

The data are compared with the data of previous periods. All columns are checked to make sure that they have been completed as required.

18.5. Data compilation

The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculating additional indicators.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable

19. Comments

Not available.

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