Quarterly survey on services producer prices | (S) |
Reference period |
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Year:
2015
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General characteristics |
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Contents:
Short-term dynamics of the output prices in business sector
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Analysis units:
Services offered to establishments and to the public administration (observed variable: price)
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Periodicity:
Quarterly
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EU legislation:
Yes
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Survey design |
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Type:
Non-random sampling
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Data collection |
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Reporting units:
Enterprises
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Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
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Total units:
612 (annual average)
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Respondents:
489 (annual average)
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Quality |
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Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; 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; Recontact of the units
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Validation:
Coherence control with previous data of the same survey; Coherence control among indicators of different analysis units of the same survey; Control of influential unit data, strongly contributing to computation of aggregates
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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:
Services producer price
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Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
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Timeliness of final data:
85 days on average
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