National Institute of Statistics, Italy

The Italian National Institute of Statistics is a public research organisation. It has been present in Italy since 1926, and is the main producer of official statistics in the service of citizens and policy-makers. It operates in complete independence and continuous interaction with the academic and scientific communities. Since 1989 Istat has been performing the role of directing, coordinating, and providing technical assistance and training within the National Statistical System (Sistan). The System was established under Legislative Decree 322/89 in order to rationalise the production and publication of information and to optimise resources allocated to official statistics. Sistanis made up of Istat, central and branch statistical departments of Public Administrations, of local and regional bodies, Chambers of Commerce, other public bodies and administrations providing statistical information.

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    • November 2023
      Source: National Institute of Statistics, Italy
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      Accessed On: 13 November, 2023
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      Data source(s) used: Migration and calculation of foreign resident population and structure by citizenship : Istat since 2011 has been producing estimates on characteristics (citizenship of origin, gender and age) of the new Italian citizens and on the different ways of access to citizenship (marriage, residence, etc.). The data are also provided to Eurostat for Regulation (EC) 862/2007. The estimates are produced using different data sources. Istat: municipal registry lists Ministry of Interior: datasets on acquisitions of citizenship.
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    • January 2024
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      Accessed On: 03 January, 2024
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      Data source(s) used: Migration and calculation of foreign resident population and structure by citizenship The survey allows the calculation of the demographic balance of the foreign resident population and gives the amount of foreign residents for each year. Foreign resident population is represented by individuals who do not have Italian citizenship having usual residence in Italy. It is calculated for each municipality on December 31st of each year that follows the population Census, adding to the foreign population enumerated by the census the foreign population inflows and outflows recorded during each calendar year Other data characteristics: The data may properly be placed in time-series considering, for the years before 2011, the series of demographic balances rebuilt on the basis of the results of the XV General Population and Housing Census, published in the data set "Reconstruction Intercensal.
    • January 2020
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      Accessed On: 21 January, 2020
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      Data source(s) used: Social Condition and Integration of Foreign Citizens: In 2011-2012 Istat conducted the first national sample survey on “Social Condition and Integration of Foreign Citizens” (SCIF). The SCIF survey aims at providing information on many features of socio-economic integration of migrants in Italy for a better understanding of resident foreign population.The sampling unit is the household with at least one component with foreign citizenship resident in Italy. In the SCIF survey, foreign citizens are identified by citizenship, not by the place of birth. Face-to-Face interviews have been conducted by CAPI technique (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing), on a sample of 9,553 households, for a total of 20,379 individuals with foreign citizenship.The survey data provides a framework on characteristics, behaviors, attitudes and opinions of the foreign citizens resident in Italy. Several aspects are detected: family composition, education, migratory path, employment status, discrimination, health conditions and accessibility of health services, migrant integration, citizen's security and victimization, housing conditions. The survey is included in the National Statistical Programme (NSP) which gathers the statistical investigations needed for the Country.
    • February 2024
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      Accessed On: 05 February, 2024
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      Data source(s) used: Migration and calculation of foreign resident population and structure by citizenship The survey allows the calculation of the demographic balance of the foreign resident population and gives the amount of foreign residents for each year. Foreign resident population is represented by individuals who do not have Italian citizenship having usual residence in Italy. It is calculated for each municipality on December 31st of each year that follows the population Census, adding to the foreign population enumerated by the census the foreign population inflows and outflows recorded during each calendar year Other data characteristics: Data subject to change for reconstruction after the last Population census
    • January 2024
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      Accessed On: 09 January, 2024
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      Data source(s) used: Municipal resident foreign population by sex and year of birth: The municipal resident foreigners by age and sex is yearly calculated on 31 December and spread on 1 January of the following year. Other data characteristics: Data for previous years are available in the Inter censuses estimates theme
    • September 2023
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      Accessed On: 04 September, 2023
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      Data source(s) used: Processing of hospital discharge data Since 1995 the Hospital discharge form became the ordinary instrument to gather information on every patient discharged (including patients died in hospitals) from public and private hospital in the national territory.
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    • February 2021
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      Accessed On: 11 February, 2021
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      Data source(s) used: Marriages: The survey on marriages, was established in 1926. It's an individual and exhaustive survey, which collects the data of all the marriages celebrated in Italy and the socio-demographic characteristics of the spouses.The survey uses the Istat D.3 model, compiled by the officer of the municipality where the marriage was celebrated. The model is divided into two parts: the first one collects the information about the marriage: the date, the rite of celebration (religious or civil), and the common property regime chosen by the couple (joint or separated ownership of property); the second one collects information about the spouses: date of birth, place of birth, place of residence at the time of marriage, future place of residence of the spouses, marital status, level of education, occupational status, position in the profession, branch of economic activity, citizenship. Other data characteristics: The indicators that do not involve the use of the population (civil weddings - percentage values, joint ownership of property - percentages, marriages with at least one foreign spouse - percentages, second or later marriages - percentages) were calculated according to three different territorial classification:- According to the classification in force in 2017 (107 provinces);- According to the classification in force at the time of the Census of 2011 (110 provinces);- According to the classification in force in the year in which the marriage was celebrated, in the event that was different from that of 2017 and of the Census of 2011 (103 provinces for 2004 and 2005, 107 provinces for the years ranging from 2006 to 2009).