It describes the network and activity of cultural institutions and other entities conducting cultural activity, such as theatres, music and entertainment institutions, cinemas, museums and paramuseum institutions, public libraries, art galleries, as well as cultural centres and establishments, clubs and community centres. It contains data on the organisation of mass arts and entertainment events, data on publishing and film production, radio and television subscribers, selected information on financing culture and expenditures on culture incurred by households, selected data on educational establishments, school-based artistic circles, participants in arts extracurricular and optional classes in schools for children and young people, as well as selected data on art education.

It contains basic indices of the socio-economic situation of the country, presented in the monthly, quarterly and annual series, including, among others, the national accounts, information on demography, the labour market, wages and salaries, social benefits, prices, money supply, public finances and finances of non-financial enterprises, investment outlays, agriculture, industry, construction, transport, domestic and foreign trade, along with monthly or quarterly data characterising the socio-economic situation of voivodships and EU countries.