Multipurpose survey on households: time use (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2009

General characteristics  
Contents:
Daily activities; Places visited during the day; Paid working times by intervals of time; Perceived work/family balance; Persons sharing the activities
Analysis units:
Households; Working day; Persons; Time intervals; Employed persons
Periodicity:
Five-yearly
EU legislation:
No

Survey design  
Type:
Two-stage stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Households
Data collection mode:
Sel-admninistered paper diary; Face to face interviewing with paper questionnaire
Total units:
25052
Respondents:
18240

Quality  
Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Adjustement methods to reduce the effect of unit nonresponse on the results
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Interviewer training, monitoring and supervision; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Methods to estimate the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey; Disseminating quality indicators supporting statistical information

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
I.Stat
Other data bases:
None
Press releases:
Cambiamenti nei tempi di vita e attività del tempo libero. Anni 2008-2009; La divisione dei ruoli nelle coppie; Le differenze di genere nelle attività del tempo libero
Timeliness of provisional data:
1 year, 9 months and 13 days
Timeliness of final data:
2 years, 10 months and 9 days