Multipurpose survey on households: citizens and leisure time (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2006

General characteristics  
Contents:
Amatorial activities; Sport and physical activity; Life-long learning (participation of adults in educational training); Games and other leisure activities; Perception of leisure time
Analysis units:
Households; Persons
Periodicity:
Five-yearly
EU legislation:
No

Survey design  
Type:
Two-stage stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Households
Data collection mode:
Self-administered paper questionnaire ; Face to face interviewing with paper questionnaire
Total units:
24611
Respondents:
19927

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; Questionnaire testing
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:
None
Other data bases:
None
Press releases:
La lettura di libri in Italia; La lingua italiana, i dialetti e le lingue straniere
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
1 year and 4 months