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Culture & libraries performance indicators Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council English average
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The adoption by the authority of a Local Cultural Strategy. % score against the 'Creating Opportunity' checklist 83.3 81.1
The number of physical visits per 1,000 population to public library premises. Based on a sample 9026 6382
% of library users who found a book to borrow 61 70.13
Base numbers for survey 1129 2627.79
Confidence interval for survey 2.2 1.45
% of library users who found the information they were looking for 64 69.16
Base numbers for survey 673 1389.88
Confidence interval of survey 2.2 1.45
% of library users who were satisfied with the library overall 93 90.54
Base numbers for survey 1262 3324.07
Confidence interval for survey 2.2 1.45
% of residents satisfied with the local authority's sports and leisure facilities 62 54.13
Base numbers for survey 1061 1412.99
Confidence interval for survey 2.93 2.66
% of residents satisfied with the local authority's libraries 75 67.09
Base numbers for survey 1095 1318.53
Confidence interval for survey 2.55 2.57
% of residents satisfied with the local authority's museums 49 42.21
Base numbers for survey 1045 1351.73
Confidence interval for survey 3.03 2.62
% of residents satisfied with the local authority's arts activities and venues 53 47.16
Base numbers for survey 1055 1380.73
Confidence interval for survey 3.01 2.74
% of residents satisfied with the local authority's parks and open spaces 70 71.6
Base numbers for survey 1092 1461.79
Confidence interval for survey 2.73 2.34
Visits to/usage of museums per 1,000 population 420 1027
Number of those visits that were in person per 1,000 population 279 510
The number of pupils visiting museums & galleries in organised school groups 1962 6316

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