General cultural practices

Access to culture is a driver of knowledge in relation to the outside world and the society in which we live: it nurtures inner development but is also a way to meet others and share experiences. It is, therefore, an important factor in integration. In order to experience culture and transmit it to others, resources, whether financial, spatial or social, for example, are required. However, these resources are not distributed equally throughout the population.

In Switzerland, the population without a migration background attends concerts and musical performances, the theatre and other shows more often than the population with a migration background from the first and second or subsequent generations.

The second or subsequent generations go to festivals (all types), libraries, media centres and cinemas significantly more often than the population from the first generation and that without a migration background.

There are no cultural institutions which are more often frequented by the first generation.

In German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland, the population without a migration background goes to museums and all types of exhibitions, concerts, musical performances, the theatre and other shows (revues, circus, sound and light shows) significantly more often than the population with a migration background in the same language region.

In Italian-speaking Switzerland, the population without a migration background goes to concerts and musical performances more often than the population with a migration background.