Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

30 Cultural services provided by local authorities 2019 data shows that 42 per cent of adults were very or fairly satisfied with libraries; 40 per cent with museums and galleries; and 42 per cent with theatres or concert halls. Satisfaction rates were higher amongst service users only: around nine in ten adults who had used local authority cultural services were very or fairly satisfied with their provision. Impact of culture Just under half of respondents (46 per cent) strongly agreed or tended to agree with the statement that ‘culture and the arts make a positive dif ference to my life’. Of these 46 per cent, over three in four (77 per cent) reported that culture and the arts make them feel happy or are something that they really enjoy, and 44 per cent said that culture and the arts improve their mental health and wellbeing.