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  "reviewedAt": "2026-10-03",
  "referenceYear": 2022,
  "sourceRelease": "2023-10",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/2022-SPPA-final.pdf",
  "survey": "2022 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts",
  "population": "U.S. adults age 18 and older",
  "referencePeriod": "12-month period ending in July 2022",
  "unit": "Percent of U.S. adults",
  "totalSurveySample": 40718,
  "note": "Activities overlap; module sample sizes differ. Published trend significance uses 90% confidence. Children excluded.",
  "activities": [
    {
      "activity": "Social dancing",
      "percent": 21.8,
      "year": 2022,
      "sourceFigure": 7,
      "measure": "Social dancing at weddings, clubs, or other social settings"
    },
    {
      "activity": "Perform or practice dance",
      "percent": 2.0,
      "year": 2022,
      "sourceFigure": 7,
      "measure": "Personal performance or practice; separate from social dancing"
    },
    {
      "activity": "Dance classes or lessons",
      "percent": 2.1,
      "year": 2022,
      "sourceFigure": 13,
      "measure": "Learning dance through classes or lessons"
    },
    {
      "activity": "Dance learning by other means",
      "percent": 6.7,
      "year": 2022,
      "sourceFigure": 13,
      "measure": "Learning through friends, family, self-teaching, or other means"
    },
    {
      "activity": "Dance learning by either route",
      "percent": 8.0,
      "year": 2022,
      "sourceFigure": 13,
      "measure": "Union of classes/lessons and other learning; not their sum"
    },
    {
      "activity": "Ballet attendance",
      "percent": 2.0,
      "year": 2022,
      "sourceFigure": 3,
      "measure": "In-person attendance; omit elementary, middle, and high school student groups"
    },
    {
      "activity": "Other dance attendance",
      "percent": 3.3,
      "year": 2022,
      "sourceFigure": 3,
      "measure": "In-person attendance at non-ballet dance; not a count of dancers"
    },
    {
      "activity": "Dance performances via media",
      "percent": 9.9,
      "year": 2022,
      "sourceFigure": 12,
      "measure": "Watching or listening through electronic/digital media"
    }
  ],
  "attendanceHistory": [
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      "activity": "Ballet",
      "percent2017": 3.1,
      "percent2022": 2.0,
      "publishedPercentagePointChange": -1.2,
      "publishedRelativeChangePercent": -37.0,
      "sourceFigure": 3
    },
    {
      "activity": "Other dance",
      "percent2017": 6.3,
      "percent2022": 3.3,
      "publishedPercentagePointChange": -3.0,
      "publishedRelativeChangePercent": -48.0,
      "sourceFigure": 3
    }
  ],
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        "values": [
          3.1,
          2.0,
          -1.2,
          -37.0
        ],
        "raw": "Ballet                                                       3.1%             2.0%               -1.2 pp                  -37%"
      },
      "Other dance": {
        "values": [
          6.3,
          3.3,
          -3.0,
          -48.0
        ],
        "raw": "Other dance                                                  6.3%             3.3%               -3.0 pp                  -48%"
      }
    },
    "creation": {
      "Perform or practice dance": {
        "values": [
          null,
          3.1,
          2.0,
          null,
          null,
          -1.1,
          -36.0
        ],
        "raw": "Perform or practice dance                                N/A         3.1%          2.0%              N/A              N/A            -1.1 pp            -36%"
      }
    },
    "learning": {
      "Photography or filmmaking": {
        "values": [
          1.8,
          6.6,
          7.4
        ],
        "raw": "Photography or filmmaking                                        1.8%                           6.6%                                   7.4%"
      },
      "Dance": {
        "values": [
          2.1,
          6.7,
          8.0
        ],
        "raw": "Dance                                                            2.1%                           6.7%                                   8.0%"
      }
    },
    "socialDancing": "Do social dancing, including\n dancing at weddings, clubs, or                           N/A         22.5%        21.8%",
    "media": "Watched or listened to dance performances                            14.1%           9.9%"
  }
}