| Small and medium enterprise survey -SME (including professional and artistic activities) | (S) |
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Reference period |
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Year:
2013
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General characteristics |
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Contents:
Enterprise production costs; Enterprise investments; Employment; Expenditures for employees; Enterprise production value
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Analysis units:
Enterprises
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Periodicity:
Yearly
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EU legislation:
Yes
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Survey design |
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Type:
Stratified random sampling
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Data collection |
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Reporting units:
Enterprises
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Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission; Mail self-administered data collection by paper questionnaire
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Total units:
100590
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Respondents:
32900
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Quality |
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Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Follow-ups of nonrespondent units/bodies
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Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Methods to estimate the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Recontact of the units
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Validation:
Coherence control with previous data of the same survey; Control of influential unit data, strongly contributing to computation of aggregates; Disseminating quality indicators supporting statistical information
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Data dissemination |
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Istat data bases:
I.Stat
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Other data bases:
None
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Press releases:
None
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Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
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Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 11 months and 1 days
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