Summary information

Study title

Multiscopo ISTAT – Aspects of daily life – Module on Use of Information and Communication Technology (2008)

Creator

ISTAT

Study number / PID

SN068 (UniData)

Data access

Restricted

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 Module on Use of Information and Communication Technology is part of the Aspects of daily life survey since 2005, and it is defined and harmonized by Eurostat in order to make a European comparative research. The survey concerns the use of information and communication technologies (ITC) in the Italian population. The main topics of the survey are: - possession of ITC and Internet access at home; - the causes for the absence of the access to the Internet at home; - frequency and place of use of personal computer; - frequency and place of use of  internet; - internet activities; - involvement in learning activities via internet (e-learning); - interaction via Internet with sites of public institutions (e-government); - internet use in order to contact health institution, medical people or to obtain health information (e-health); - commerce and type of goods purchased online (e-commerce); - security internet issues; - Information technology skills level (e-skills).

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

Italy

Time dimension

cross-section

Analysis unit

individual
family

Universe

intera popolazione nazionale

Sampling procedure

about 48.000 individuals and 19.000 families. Two-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

individual data

Data collection mode

face to face interview
self-administered questionnaire

Access

Publisher

UniData - Bicocca Data Archive

Publication year

2015

Terms of data access

Data are available only for members of UniData. Data are released only for scientific purpose. User agrees not to redistribute data to the third party, even in partial form, and to quote the data source in all publications using the information showed later. Other users will need to directly contact Istat.

Related publications

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