Evaluation of the share of cultural and creative consumption in Iranian households in 2018

One of the important issues that developing countries are looking for is moving from centralization to decentralization in the path of economic growth. Cultural and creative industries are among the nascent fields that are mentioned as one of the paths of economic development in countries. Considering the importance and position of cultural and creative industries in the economy, several efforts have been made in different countries to classify and measure the contribution of these industries. It seems that the position of these industries is not properly understood in our country, and therefore little systematic efforts have been made to calculate the share of these industries in the economy. In this article, after reviewing the various definitions and classifications presented for these industries, the UNESCO classification was used as a standard, and based on that, the contribution of cultural and creative industries in the consumption portfolio of Iranian households has been evaluated using the expenditure method. To achieve this, the raw data of the household income cost based on the secondary analysis of statistical data and mathematical calculations have been analyzed using R software. The analysis of the results and data shows that the per capita cultural and creative consumption of different income deciles is very different, and the first decile spends 2.75% and the tenth decile spends 11.31% of their expenses on culture. Also, the results by geographical distribution and province of residence show that Tehran province has the highest per capita consumption and Kerman province has the lowest per capita cultural and creative consumption. Finally, the share of cultural and creative consumption from the total household expenses in 2018 is estimated to be 6.63%.