Monthly survey on producer prices for industrial products sold on the external market (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2015

General characteristics  
Contents:
Producer prices of industrial products sold on the external market
Analysis units:
Industrial products sold on the external market (producer prices)
Periodicity:
Monthly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Non-random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Industrial enterprises
Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission; Mail self-administered data collection by paper questionnaire
Total units:
2888
Respondents:
2445

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; Methods to measure 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 previous data of the same survey

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
ConIstat: statistiche congiunturali
Other data bases:
None
Press releases:
Industrial producer prices
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
33 days on average