"Artists in Figures" provides a statistical survey of artists, publicists, designers, architects and related professions in the German Cultural Labour Market from 1995-2003. The study was commissioned by the German Federal Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs. Its purpose is to describe the structure and development of cultural occupations on the basis of the relevant official statistical data, which often show contradictory figures and trends. Generally speaking, it is rather difficult to provide a clear picture of cultural occupations through statistical data. The aim of this study is to use selected data from different official data sources on employment and self-employment or freelance work to develop a first consistent overview which may then serve as a point of departure for more detailed future studies.

http://www.kulturstatistik.de/pdf/Kusta_21_en.pdf