| General information |
| Validity period | from 31/12/1994 to 31/12/2012 |
| Approximate size | 60000 |
| Description | - |
| Panel survey information | Not panel survey |
| Selection process: part with two stages |
| Information on first stage |
| Primary sampling units | |
| Approximate size | 1400 |
| Primary Sampling Unit Description | - |
| Stratification variables | Municipalities classified according to socio-demographic characteristics : Metropolitan areas, metropolitan surrounding outskirts, <=2,000 inhabitants, 2,001-10,000, 10,001-50,000, >50,000 Groups of health units Altitude Regions |
| Inclusion probabilities | Proportional to the following variable: demographic size |
| Selection scheme | Random |
| Information on elementary sampling units |
| Reporting units and frame | | Households | Municipal population register | Municipality population registers |
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| Inclusion probabilities | Equal |
| Selection scheme | Systematic |
| Selection process: part with one stage |
| Information on elementary sampling units |
| Reporting units and frame | | Households | Municipal population register | Municipality population registers |
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| Inclusion probabilities | Equal |
| Selection scheme | Systematic |
| Estimation process |
| Estimation process information |
| Variables with known population totals used to constrain | Population: Age classes, Gender, Region |
| Variables with known population totals used to constrain description | - |
| Domains | Municipalities classified according to socio-demographic characteristics : Metropolitan areas, metropolitan surrounding outskirts, <=2,000 inhabitants, 2,001-10,000, 10,001-50,000, >50,000 Geographical area: Five geographical areas (North-west, North-east, Centre, South, Islands) Groups of health units Italy Regions |
| Domains description | - |