| Survey on Adults' Participation in Learning Activities | (S) |
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Reference period |
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Year:
2012
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General characteristics |
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Contents:
Formal Learning; Informal Learning; Non Formal Learning; Life-long learning (participation of adults in educational training); Educational characteristics and training
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Analysis units:
Persons aged 18-74
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Periodicity:
Five-yearly
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EU legislation:
Yes
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Survey design |
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Type:
Two-stage stratified random sampling
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Data collection |
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Reporting units:
Households
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Data collection mode:
Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI); Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
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Total units:
8951
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Respondents:
4471
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Quality |
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Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Adjustement methods to reduce the effect of unit nonresponse on the results
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Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Interviewer training, monitoring and supervision; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Methods to estimate the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Questionnaire testing
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Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey
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Data dissemination |
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Istat data bases:
None
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Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
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Press releases:
La partecipazione degli adulti alle attività formative. Anno 2012
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Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
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Timeliness of final data:
11 months and 27 days
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