Farm Structure Survey (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2013

General characteristics  
Contents:
Structural characteristics of agricultural holdings; Working days; Zootechnical production; Agricultural surface
Analysis units:
Agricultural holdings
Periodicity:
Three-yearly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Agricultural holdings
Data collection mode:
Face to face interviewing with paper questionnaire
Total units:
44552
Respondents:
40087

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:
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:
Sistema informativo su agricoltura e zootecnia
Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
Struttura e produzioni delle aziende agricole
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 8 months and 5 days