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What has happened to the manual and material activities in which agricultural Italian society excelled up until the 1950s? They have survived as free time activities, especially amongst the culturally higher levels of the Italian population.
This is what emerges from the Level of Participation in Italian Cultural Life edited by Adolfo Morrone and Tullio De Mauro (Fondazione Mondo Digitale, Rome 2008).
Practical Activity
Level of Cultural Participation
1
2
3
4
5
Total
Making jams and vegetable preserves for family use
27.6
23.0
20.1
24.4
35.0
23.3
Household DIY
36.4
54.6
60.8
73.2
85.3
57.0
Furniture and object restoration
5.8
14.3
19.2
30.3
48.0
17.4
Car, bicycle and motorcycle maintenance
26.4
48.2
58.1
68.2
79.7
51.4
Gardening, Vegetable patch
28.6
37.2
38.9
48.3
55.7
38.4
Sewing, knitting, etc.
31.5
25.6
21.3
23.8
27.5
25.0
Sport and/or physical activities
6.1
21.2
42.6
58.4
70.1
31.8
Sedentary
72.4
44.9
24.7
13.2
7.3
37.6
Adolfo Morrone / Tullio De Mauro
Fondazione Mondo Digitale. Rome 2008
