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Impact of COVID-19 on Basque Musicians: Identifying Main Associations

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Oct 31, 2024

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Figure 1.

Evaluation model.
Evaluation model.

Figure 2.

Gender and year of birth.
Gender and year of birth.

Figure 3.

Musical and other studies.
Musical and other studies.

Figure 4.

Type of musician, music style and labour market situation.
Type of musician, music style and labour market situation.

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Main income source and other job.
Main income source and other job.

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Impact of COVID-19 on music activity and income.
Impact of COVID-19 on music activity and income.

Figure 7.

Form of income support and new online media strategies..
Form of income support and new online media strategies..

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COVID-19 grants and funding.
COVID-19 grants and funding.

Figure 9.

Box plots of V5 (up) and V8 (down) by gender.
Box plots of V5 (up) and V8 (down) by gender.

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Box plots of V3 (up), V6 (middle) and V7 (down) by music studies.
Box plots of V3 (up), V6 (middle) and V7 (down) by music studies.

Figure 11.

Box plots of V7 by other job.
Box plots of V7 by other job.

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Box plots of V4 by age.
Box plots of V4 by age.

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Box plots of V3 by V1 (impact of COVID-19 on activity).
Box plots of V3 by V1 (impact of COVID-19 on activity).

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Box plots of V3 (up), V4 (middle) and V7 (down) by V2.
Box plots of V3 (up), V4 (middle) and V7 (down) by V2.

Results of inference (impact of COVID-19 on income-V3, V4, V7)_

Model 4 (income) V3 (expectations on future income recovery) V4 (expectations regarding carrying on with own activity) V7 (expectations recovery of the demand live concerts)
Total No. 55 55 55
Test statistic 8.001a 10.820a 10.600a
Degrees of freedom 3 4 4
Asymptotic sig. (bilateral test) 0.046 0.029 0.031

Results of inference (other job – V7)_

Model 3 (other job) V7 (expectations recovery of the demand live concerts)
Total No. 55
Test statistic 10.712a
Degrees of freedom 3
Asymptotic sig. (bilateral test) 0.013

Results of inference (age, V4)_

Model 4 (age) V4 (expectations regarding carrying on with own activity)
Total No. 55
Mann–Whitney’s U 530.500
Wilcoxon’s W 1,058.500
Test statistic 530.837
Standard error 57.837
Standardised test statistic 2.810
Asymptotic sig. (bilateral test) 0.005

Results of inference (impact of COVID-19 on activity-V3)_

Model 4 (activity) V3 (expectations on future income recovery)
Total No. 55
Test statistic 8.001a
Degrees of freedom 3
Asymptotic sig. (bilateral test) 0.046

Results of inference (gender-V5, V8)_

Model 1 (gender) V5 (expectations carrying on any musical activity) V8 (satisfaction with life)
Total No. 55 55
Mann–Whitney’s U 152.000 149.000
Wilcoxon’s W 230.000 227.000
Test statistic 152.000 149.000
Standard error 48.233 48.524
Standardised test statistic −2.198 −2.246
Asymptotic sig. (bilateral test) 0.028 0.025

Independent variables (general characteristics)_

I1 Gender
I2 Music studies
I3 Other studies
I4 Age
I5 Experience
I6 Other job
I7 Music style
I8 Labour market situation

Dependent variables_

V1 Impact of COVID-19 on own musical activity
V2 Impact of COVID-19 on income
V3 Expectations regarding income recovery in 2021 and beyond
V4 Expectations regarding carrying on with same type of musical employment in 2021 and beyond
V5 Expectations regarding carrying on with any type of musical employment in 2021 and beyond
V6 Expectations regarding a recovery of the demand of own musical activity in 2021 and beyond
V7 Expectations regarding a recovery of the demand of live concerts in 2021 and beyond
V8 General life satisfaction

Results of inference (gender-V3, V6 and V7)_

Model 2 (music studies) V3 (expectations on future income recovery) V6 (expectations on own activity demand recovery) V7 (expectations on live concerts' demand recovery)
Total No. 55 55 55
Mann-Whitney’s U 245.500 200.000 218.500
Wilcoxon’s W 521.500 476.000 494.500
Test statistic 245.500 200.000 218.500
Standard error 57.947 58.099 58.128
Standardised test statistic −2.114 −2.892 −2.572
Asymptotic sig. (bilateral test) 0.035 0.004 0.010

Correlation rates (independent variables – V1, V2)_

I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 I8
V1 −0.096 0.145 −0.159 −0.042 −0.168 0.026 −0.101 0.116
V2 −0.113 0.044 0.028 0.007 −0.035 0.168 0.100 −0.035

Results on inference tests_

Independent variable Hypothesis Affected variable Sig. level
V1 Impact of COVID-19 on activity H8 V3 0.046
V2 Impact of COVID-19 on income H9 V3 0.027
H10 V4 0.029
H11 V7 0.031

Correlation rates (independent variables – V3–V8)_

I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 I8
V3 −0.212 −0.288* −0.013 0.145 0.102 −0.095 −0.130 −0.034
V4 −0.136 −0.202 −0.29 0.296* 0.269* −0.093 −0.241 0.109
V5 −0.299* 0.084 −0.012 0.145 0.202 −0.049 −0.074 0.114
V6 −0.229 −0.394** −0.158 0.084 0.155 −0.219 −0.123 −0.152
V7 −0.203 −0.350** −0.172 −0.019 0.125 −0.332* −0.055 −0.106
V8 −0.306* −0.039 −0.034 −0.077 −0.083 −0.122 −0.135 −0.045

Inference main results_

Independent variable Hypothesis Affected variable Sig. level
I1 Gender H1 V5 0.028
H2 V8 0.025
I2 Music studies H3 V3 0.035
H4 V6 0.04
H5 V7 0.01
I4 Other job H6 V7 0.013
I5 Age H7 V4 0.005

Correlation rates (V1, V2 – V3–V8)_

V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8
V1 −0.350** −0.0145 −0.152 −0.351** −0.282* −0.298*
V2 −0.435** −0.425** −0.315* −0.362** −0.409** −0.289*