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Examining the Chain Relationship from Initial Contact to Classical Music to Socio-Economic Status Via Music Preference
A questionnaire was handed to 2,000 audiences of Saito Kinen Festival in 2012. 594 audiences answered. The questionnaire included the questions of initial contact to classical music, preferences to 20 composers, and household income.
By latent class analysis of the initial contact, four types were found: (1) vague, or no particular initiation, the effect of (2) family, (3) eye-opening experiences, and (4) various sources and experiences.
By latent class analysis of the composer preferences, five types were found: (a) shallow listeners, who do not know many composers, (b) orthodox maestro devotees, (c) hardheaded devotees, who love orthodox maestros but dislike contemporary composers, (d) overarching lovers, and (e) contemporary music lovers.
Crossing the types of initial contact and the types of music preference, the following was found.
1. Those with vague initial music experience tend to be shallow listeners.
2. Those who are affected by family do not have a particular preference.
3. Those who had eye-opening experience are not shallow listeners.
4. Those who received various effects are not shallow listeners, not hardheaded, but overarching lovers.
OLS on the equivalent household income reveals the following. Those whose preferences were affected by family tend to have higher income than those with eye-opening experience. The orthodox maestro devotees have higher income than those with vague preference or hardheaded.
However, as seen above, there is not an effect of family on orthodox preference. Therefore, we should conclude that there is no clear evidence for the chain relationship in Japan.