Consumer Confidence Survey (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2022

General characteristics  
Contents:
Consumer assessments and expectations
Analysis units:
Consumers
Periodicity:
Monthly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Two-stage stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Data collection mode:
Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
Total units:
7750 (annual average)
Respondents:
2000 (annual average)

Quality  
Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
No activity
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Interviewer training, monitoring and supervision
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
I.Stat
Other data bases:
European Commission - Economic and Financial Affairs - Economic databases and indicators - European Commission
Press releases:
Consumer and business confidence
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
11 days on average