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Band club membership up 4.7% from 2005
By MaltaMedia News
Aug 28, 2008 - 1:16:34 PM
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Statistics released by NSO on Thursday reveal that during 2007, there were a total of 92 band clubs in operation and a total of 3,994 bandisti including trainees.
This statistics cover data on band clubs for the years 2005-2007. There
were 92 band clubs in operation in 2007. The total number of bandisti, both
resident and trainee, totaled 3,994, a decrease of 4.2 per cent, with respect to
2005.
The number of persons in band committees increased from 1,574 in the year
2005 to 1,699 during the year under review, a percentage increase of 7.9 per
cent.
Band club membership for this year stood at 25,357 members – an
increase of 4.7 per cent over the 24,226 members in 2005. During 2007, band club membership registered 6.6% of the total population aged 5-84 years – a 0.2% increase over the previous two years.
Although not exclusively the domain of men, this sector is primarily dominated
by males. In fact, 77.1% of band club members in 2007 were men whilst 22.9% were females. Women representatives on band committees amounted to 12.6% of the total committee members, an increase of 0.3% over 2005.
This survey registered also an increase of resident female bandisti during
2007. In fact, during 2007, the percentage of resident female bandisti
amounted to 25.3% of all the participants within this category – an
increase of nearly 1% over the previous year.
In 2007, a total of 1,260 band programmes were performed throughout Malta
and Gozo. Of these, 62.5% were held within the same locality of the
band club.
Band clubs produced various types of publications in 2007, such as books,
magazines, audiocassettes and CDs. The Southern Harbour district was the
most productive in this area – with over 30.2% of total publications.The
South Eastern and Northern Harbour districts follow, with 20.9 and 18.3 per
cent of total publications respectively. Band clubs in the Western district had
the smallest number of publications, with just over eight per cent of the total.
The liveliest participation in band clubs was recorded in the Northern Harbour
district, with a total of 944 bandisti, of whom 588 were resident and 356 were
trainees. The South Eastern district was a close second with 766 bandisti
where 488 were resident and 278 trainees. The South Eastern district also
comprised the largest number of band club members – 5,560 males and 2,576
females – 8,136 members in all.
In the year 2007, band club expenditure decreased by 5.7% over 2006,
but increased by 6.8% over 2005. The bulk of the expenditure – 40% – went towards remuneration to bandisti. The 'other expenditure' category accounted for 29% of total expenditure.
The total income of band clubs in 2007 decreased by 1.5% over 2006. Donations made up 31.2% of the total income.
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