The SIIC started in 2004 based on a partnership established between the IBGE and the Ministry of Culture in 2004. It is aimed at the development of a consistent and continuous basis for information on the cultural sector and at the construction of cultural indicators in order to foster studies, surveys and publications, thus providing governmental and private bodies with material for proper planning and decision making processes, and users in general with information needed for more detailed sector analyses.
As a result of the partnership, the IBGE has conducted studies on the production (supply) of goods and services, household and government expenses (demand) and characteristics of the population employed in the cultural sector, considering the statistics produced by the Institute.
The support material for this publication encompasses a group of tables the coefficients of variation associated with the released estimates