20世纪90年代中国城市居民的文化消费——以北京为例

文化消费的比重较大是小康型消费结构的一个重要标志,20世纪90年代北京城市居民的生活水平率先实现了小康,在居民文化消费支出不断增加的基础上,文化消费的内容日渐丰富,其中最为突出的是教育消费比重增长迅速、书报杂志消费异军突起、文娱消费浪潮不断高涨、旅游消费持续升温、休闲消费成为时尚。随着人们的视野开阔和思想解放,文化消费的领域仍在扩展之中。与乡村居民和其他城市居民相比较,北京城市居民的文化消费水平处于一个较高的位置。

Cultural Consumption of the Chinese Urban Residents in the 1990s:Taking Beijing as an Example

A big proportion of cultural consumption is an important mark of the well-off con- sumptive structure.After the urban residents in Beijing took the lead in becoming well-off in the 1990s,on the basis of steadily increasing expenditure on cultural consumption,the contents have become more varied as characterized by a consumption boom on education,a conspicuous increase in expenditure on books and periodicals,the surging tide of consumption on cultural recreation,the ev- er rising demand for tourism and the fashionable entertainment and relaxation.With the broadening field of vision and the emancipation of mind the sphere of cultural consumption is still extending.In comparison with the residents in the rural areas and other cities,the cultural consumption of the ur- ban residents in Beijing is at a higher level.