Monthly survey on milk and dairy products (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2017

General characteristics  
Contents:
Milk collection and dairy production
Analysis units:
Dairy factories; Central milk factories; Milk collection centres; Agricultural holding plants; Agricultural cooperative establishments
Periodicity:
Monthly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Dairy factories; Central milk factories; Milk collection centres; Agricultural holding plants; Agricultural cooperative establishments
Data collection mode:
Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
Total units:
464 (annual average)
Respondents:
413 (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
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Interviewer training, monitoring and supervision; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Recontact of the units
Validation:
Coherence control with previous data of the same survey

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
Agriculture and livestock
Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union); New Cronos - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
None
Timeliness of provisional data:
61 days on average
Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 1 month and 16 days on average