Monthly survey on retail sales (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2021

General characteristics  
Contents:
Enterprises whose main economic activity is retail trade; Persons employed in retail trade enterprises; Point-of-sales and opening days of retail trade enterprises; Sales area of retail trade enterprises
Analysis units:
Retail trade enterprises; Point of sales
Periodicity:
Monthly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Retail trade enterprises
Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
Total units:
8046 (annual average)
Respondents:
6650 (annual average)

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; Follow-ups of nonrespondent units/bodies
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; Recontact of the units
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
I.Stat
Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
Retail trade
Timeliness of provisional data:
38 days on average
Timeliness of final data:
7 months and 25 days on average