Information On Artists–II: Study One (1997)

Columbia University Research Center for Arts and Culture

Investigator: Joan Jeffri, Columbia University Research Center for Arts and Culture

Population: Artists (All disciplines as identified by organizations providing population from which the sample was drawn).

Identification method: Artists in four U.S. locations (Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York City, and San Francisco) were identified from lists provided by local, regional and national organizations. The organizations that provided lists identified the artists in different ways: self-definition, distribution, review, and receipt of financial help or services. 89 percent of respondents confirmed that they were artists on survey.

Sampling procedure: Random samples selected by location from complete lists and merged with already-random sample lists provided by some organizations (e.g., Actor’s Equity), also by location.

N and Response rate: 31 percent (1,254 of 4,000)

Publication: Jeffri, J. 1998. Information on Artists II. New York: Research Center for Arts and Culture/Columbia University.

Summary: Information on Artists II (study one) provides a comparative benchmark on the artist’s condition in the U.S. from 1988 to 1997. The survey instrument was the same as that used by Information on Artist (1988) with several questions added on community, technology, and professional status.