Determinants of family cultural consumption: Evidence for Brazilian metropolitan regions from a bivariate probit analysis

Abstract

This article aims to evaluate the factors that are associated with the consumption of direct cultural goods and services outside the home, considering such consumption as linked to the consumption of other cultural goods and services. The methodology used encompasses the application of a bivariate probit model. To this end, data from the 2017-2018 Family Budget Survey (POF) is used. In general, the results obtained for the model indicate that the consumption of direct cultural goods and services outside the home and the consumption of other cultural goods and services are positively correlated, highlighting the issue of inequality in cultural consumption due to certain social barriers (education, income, access to credit, among others).

Keywords:
cultural consumption; cultural amenities; bivariate probit model