Summary information

Study title

Aspects of daily life (2021)

Creator

Istat

Study number / PID

SN240 (UniData)

Data access

Information not available

Series

AVQ - Aspects of Daily Life

The Multiscopo Aspects of Daily Life is the most important Multiscopo survey conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). It collects information on four different thematic areas: the social, domestic and urban environment (family, home, educational and professional profiles, transport and property); health condition (food consumption, domestic accidents, sports); cultural habits (leisure time, social and political participation, holidays, cultural consumption); satisfaction ratings on some public services (transport, post offices, local health authorities, health services and...

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Abstract

The survey Aspects of Daily Life, which is part of an integrated system of social surveys – Multiscopo ISTAT – reveals the basic information relating to the daily lives of individuals and families. Since 1993, the survey is conducted annually and the information gathered provides insight into the habits of citizens and the problems they face every day. The main topics of the survey are: • eating habits and alcohol consumption • smoking habits (electronic cigarettes too) • health conditions • mass-media use • libraries use • cultural consumption (cinema, theatre, books) • PC and Internet use, IT skills • Fake news, security and privacy on the Internet • purchase of goods and services online • cell phone/smartphone use • religious, political, and social participation • use of public services and public utility services and degree of satisfaction • use of health services and degree of satisfaction • means of transportation • environmental issues • safety • general satisfaction, trust in people and institutions • education and training • Covid-19 and online teaching • daily commuting • leisure time • domestic accidents • physical activity and sports • relationship with friends, family and neighbourhood • working conditions • electricity and gas consumption • characteristics of the house and the area • private services to households • accessibility to the area services • possession of home appliances and means of transport • possession of books and of IT equipment, Internet connection • household economic situation

Methodology

Data collection period

01/03/2021 - 31/03/2021

Country

Italy

Time dimension

longitudinal (trend repeated cross-section)

Analysis unit

individual
family

Universe

residents in Italy

Sampling procedure

19,827 families; 45,597 individuals. Two-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

individual data

Data collection mode

face to face interview
self-administered questionnaire
web-based self-administered questionnaire (CAWI)

Access

Publisher

UniData - Bicocca Data Archive

Publication year

2023

Terms of data access

ISTAT data are released in according to Creative Commons – Attribution 3.0 Licence, available here. The redistribution to the third party, even in partial form, of data available to UniData members only is not allowed.

Related publications

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