Quarterly survey on services producer prices (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2015

General characteristics  
Contents:
Short-term dynamics of the output prices in business sector
Analysis units:
Services offered to establishments and to the public administration (observed variable: price)
Periodicity:
Quarterly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Non-random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Enterprises
Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
Total units:
612 (annual average)
Respondents:
489 (annual average)

Quality  
Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Follow-ups of nonrespondent units/bodies
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Recontact of the units
Validation:
Coherence control with previous data of the same survey; Coherence control among indicators of different analysis units of the same survey; Control of influential unit data, strongly contributing to computation of aggregates

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
I.Stat
Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
Services producer price
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
85 days on average