| Age and Arts Participation, 1982-1997 (3187 words) |
 | While many interested in arts policy echoed the fears of aging, the findings were hotly contested by some arts presenters who said that they did not perceive their audiences as aging. |
 | Looking at all the art forms together (as seen in Table 2.15), we find that arts attendees in their twenties get quite involved in the art forms of their choice and attend often, while attendees in their thirties and forties do not go as often, perhaps because of the competing demands of family and work. |
 | The alternative prediction is that the lower level of arts participation is a consequence of their early liberal experience and will persist over the coming decades, while post-boomer cohorts, raised in a more conservative atmosphere, will enjoy levels of arts participation comparable to pre-boomers. |