Labour cost survey (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2020

General characteristics  
Contents:
Full-time and part-time employees; Hours actually worked, paid, paid by social-security funds; Labour cost; Social security contributions; Wages and salaries
Analysis units:
Enterprises and private institutions with at least 10 employees; Government bodies
Periodicity:
Four-yearly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Enterprises and private institutions with at least 10 employees
Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
Total units:
24528
Respondents:
15137

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
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey; Coherence control among indicators of different analysis units of the same survey

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
None
Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
The structure of labour costs in Italy; Labour cost survey. Year 2008; The structure of labour cost in Italy. Year 2012; The structure of labour cost in Italy. Year 2016
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 11 months and 5 days