Multipurpose survey on households: aspects of daily life

Summary

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.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access
Data is available online.

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

Formats available
Excel, csv.

Coverage

Coverage 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

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Italy/Regions

Age range
From 0 to ?

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Information not available.

Linkage

Standardisation
CE n. 862/2007

Possibility of linkage among databases
Information not available.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Information not available.

Breaks
Information not available.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Information not available.

Governance

Contact information
Sante Orsini - ISTAT - Istituto Nazionale di Statistica
ISTAT - Istituto Nazionale di Statistica
Via Cesare Balbo 16
00184 Rome Italy Phone: +39 06 46731
Email: sante.orsini(at)istat.it
Url: http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected annually, every February, and the results are published the same year.