Intro
Respondents surveyed reported the following impacts from COVID-19 in the quarterly period from 1 April to 30 June 2020:
The population covered a broad range of creative industries, including:
Ideally a Western Australian creative industries workforce population database would exist, and a random sample of contacts would be selected and invited to take part in a survey. As this database did not exist, a collaborative approach was developed to reach the population.
As a Western Australian creative industry workforce count that includes second and third jobs does not exist, DLGSC had to cross reference data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and industry surveys to establish an understanding of the workforce population prior to the first COVID-19 case in the State.
Although high response rates were achieved for the industry categories surveyed, it is important to note that all findings from the survey reflect those that responded, and caution should be used in generalising to the entire creative industries workforce.
For each question, respondents could choose a single response or multiple responses from the following options:
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