Survey on the activities of foreign controlled enterprises resident in Italy (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2013

General characteristics  
Contents:
Enterprise ownership control; Enterprises under foreign control: nationality of ultimate controlling company; Enterprises under foreign control: total external and intracompany trade
Analysis units:
Enterprises
Periodicity:
Yearly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Enterprises
Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
Total units:
8896
Respondents:
4383

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:
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

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
None
Other data bases:
None
Press releases:
Struttura e attività delle multinazionali estere in Italia. Anno 2012; Struttura e attività delle multinazionali estere in Italia. Anno 2013
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 11 months and 19 days