Data Source

Survey

Type of Study

Cross-section, regular

Annual, social sample survey

Data gathering method

Face-to-face interview (CAPI, PAPI)

Ease

Data is available online.

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Access to ISTAT is open and free of charge.

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Immediate. Once the desired table is chosen, the system sends it by mail immediately.

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)

Aggregate tables

Formats available

Excel, csv.

Language issues

Data is available in Italian and English.

Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes

From 1993 to 2003, the survey was conducted annually, with data collected during the month of November. In 2004, the survey did not take place and beginning in 2005, it was run every year in February. Sample size: 24,000 units

First year of collection

1993

Stratification if applicable

Regions, municipalities.

Base used for sampling

Municipal population office

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

Italy/Regions

Age range

From 0 to ω

Statistical representativeness

Population and region representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

Information not available.

Further Reading

http://siqual.istat.it/SIQual/lang.do?language=UK

Standardisation

CE n. 862/2007

Possibility of linkage among databases

Information not available.

Entry errors if applicable

Information not available.

Breaks

Information not available.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Information not available.

The sample survey "Aspects of daily life" is a part of an integrated system of social surveys - The Multipurpose Surveys on Household - and it collects fundamental information on individual and household daily life. From 1993 to 2003, the survey was conducted annually, with data collected during the month of November. In 2004, the survey did not take place and, beginning in 2005, it was run every year in February. The survey provides information on the citizens' habits and the problems they face in every day life. In the questionnaires, the thematic areas are on different social aspects consenting to realise which is the quality of individual life, the degree of satisfaction of their conditions, their economic situation, the area in which they live, the functioning of all public utility services, all topics useful to study the quality of life. School, work, family and social life, spare time, political and social participation, health, lifestyle, access to services are all investigated from a point of view in which behaviour objectivity, motivations and opinions contribute to define the social information. The survey is included in The National Statistic Programme, which gathers the statistical investigations needed for the Country.