Monthly survey on retail sales | (S) |
Reference period |
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Year:
2021
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General characteristics |
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Contents:
Enterprises whose main economic activity is retail trade; Persons employed in retail trade enterprises; Point-of-sales and opening days of retail trade enterprises; Sales area of retail trade enterprises
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Analysis units:
Retail trade enterprises; Point of sales
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Periodicity:
Monthly
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EU legislation:
Yes
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Survey design |
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Type:
Stratified random sampling
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Data collection |
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Reporting units:
Retail trade enterprises
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Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
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Total units:
8046 (annual average)
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Respondents:
6650 (annual average)
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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; Follow-ups of nonrespondent units/bodies
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Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Recontact of the units
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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:
I.Stat
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Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
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Press releases:
Retail trade
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Timeliness of provisional data:
38 days on average
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Timeliness of final data:
7 months and 25 days on average
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