Business confidence survey in the manufacturing sector (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2022

General characteristics  
Contents:
Business assessments and expectations
Analysis units:
Manufacturing enterpriseses
Periodicity:
Monthly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Manufacturing enterpriseses
Data collection mode:
Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
Total units:
5054 (annual average)
Respondents:
4064 (annual average)

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:
Interviewer training, monitoring and supervision
Validation:
Coherence control with previous data 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:
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:
5 days on average