Sixty-eight percent of adult Americans — including 71 percent of adult individuals of color and 66 percent of white adults — attended an arts event or visited an arts institution in the past year, a survey by Americans for the Arts finds. The report, Americans Speak Out About the Arts (54 pages, PDF), found that of the more than three thousand respondents, 73 percent said the arts are "a positive experience in a troubled world," while 67 percent believed that "the arts unify our communities regardless of age, race, and ethnicity" and 62 percent agreed that the arts "helps [them] understand other cultures better." The survey also found that the vast majority of respondents believed that arts institutions were important to a community's quality of life (87 percent) and the local economy (82 percent), and that arts are part of a well-rounded education (88 percent) and should be taught in elementary and secondary school (90 percent). At the same time, only 45 percent agreed that everyone in their community had equal access to the arts. In addition, the survey found that millennials are the most active "arts generation," participating in the arts (82 percent), making art (68 percent), and making donations to arts and cultural organizations (33 percent) at higher rates than Gen Xers and baby boomers.