Multipurpose survey on households: trips, holidays and daily life (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2012

General characteristics  
Contents:
Holidays (with overnight stay); Business trips (with overnight stay)
Analysis units:
Households; Persons; Nights spent on holiday or business trips; Holidays; Business trips
Periodicity:
Quarterly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Households
Data collection mode:
Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
Total units:
5889 (annual average)
Respondents:
3506 (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
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
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey; Disseminating quality indicators supporting statistical information

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
I.Stat
Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
I viaggi in Italia e all'estero. Anno 2012
Timeliness of provisional data:
6 months and 2 days on average
Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 3 months and 7 days on average