Explanatory factors of university student participation in flamenco

Abstract

The present work offers a study exploring University of Seville students' cultural participation and how often they attend live flamenco shows. Based on the statistical yearbook of this university, a sample of 452 students from different fields was selected and, by applying a questionnaire, a binomial logit model and an ordered finance model were constructed. Our empirical findings offer descriptive, explanatory and predictive statistical results regarding participation and frequency. For example, the results evidence that 43% of the University of Seville students have never attended a live flamenco show and that one of the main issues influencing attendance is human and cultural capital.

Cultural Sustainability in University Students’ Flamenco Music Event Attendance: A Neural Networks Approach

“…Personal characteristics [16,20,24,25,32] Socioeconomic factors [20,24,25,32,46,[50][51][52] Human and cultural capital [5,[12][13][14][15][16][17]21,22,53,54] External factors [5][6][7][8]19,23] Some of them highlight characteristics such as age, gender, and socioeconomic level. For example, ref.…”

“…However, except for the study conducted by [13], addressing the importance of educational level in music listening habits, and the work of [14], using a different methodology, no research has been conducted to identify the main explanatory factors for attendance at live flamenco shows. Hence, we have previously tried to identify in the literature those factors that by means of causal relationships affect cultural consumption in a wide range of fields of culture and within the context of various theoretical models.…”

“…Prieto and Fernández [32] used a two-variable probit method to analyse the differences in the consumption of pop and classic music. More recently, a similar study by [14] analysed the explanatory factors of attendance at flamenco shows by means of a logit model. In conclusion, the two most frequently used models are logit/probit regressions and zero-inflated negative binomial regression models.…”

How to Measure Flamenco Performer Value? A Cultural Economic Approach

“…That variable is expressed in a scale of 7 possible categories, where the individual chooses a path of action from a finite set of option. That way, a variable whose qualitative nature corresponds to the use of discrete choice models, so a truncated count model, such as Ordered Logit Model is configured (Atoche, 2017;De Sancha-Navarro, Palma, & Oliver-Alfonso, 2019;Heredia-Carroza, Palma Martos, & Marin, 2020;Lyashevska, Brus, & van der Meer, 2016;Yang, Harlow, Puggioni, & Redding, 2017). Otherwise, the Wald test combinations of the variables indicate that all of them are relevant and are correctly regrouped.…”