ATTENZIONE INTERVISTATOR

L’intervistato deve essere un componente maggiorenne della famiglia

Se necessario leggere la definizione di famiglia: “la famiglia è costituita da un insieme di persone legate da vincoli di matrimonio, parentela, affinità, adozione, tutela o da vincoli affettivi, coabitanti ed aventi dimora abituale nello stesso comune”

PRIVACY

Responsabile del trattamento statistico dei dati raccolti nell’ambito della presente indagine è il Direttore centrale delle statistiche economiche congiunturali i dell’Istat. Per il trattamento dei dati personali il titolare è l’Istat - Istituto nazionale di statistica, via Cesare Balbo 16, 00184 Roma, e il responsabile è il Direttore centrale sopra indicato, al quale è possibile rivolgersi anche per conoscere l’elenco completo dei responsabili e per quanto riguarda l’esercizio dei diritti degli interessati.

QUESTIONARIO

Dom.1 (ex Dom. 4). A suo giudizio la situazione economica generale dell’Italia negli ultimi 12 mesi

è: (Intervistatore: leggere gli item e attendere una risposta)  Nettamente migliorata 1  Un po’ migliorata 2  Rimasta stazionaria 3  Lievemente peggiorata 4  Nettamente peggiorata 5  Non so 6

Dom.2 (ex Dom. 5) A suo giudizio, nei prossimi 12 mesi, la situazione economica generale

dell’Italia dovrebbe:

(Intervistatore: leggere gli item e attendere una risposta)  Nettamente migliorare 1  Lievemente migliorare 2  Rimanere stazionaria 3  Divenire lievemente peggiore 4  Divenire nettamente peggiore 5

 Non so 6

Dom.3 (ex Dom. 6) A suo giudizio, i prezzi al consumo in Italia nel corso dei 12 mesi passati,

sono:

(Intervistatore: leggere gli item e attendere una risposta)

 Aumentati molto 1  Passare a Dom. 3bis_A  Aumentati abbastanza 2  Passare a Dom. 3bis_A  Aumentati poco 3  Passare a Dom. 3bis_A  Sono rimasti all’incirca stabili 4  Passare a Dom. 4  Sono diminuiti 5  Passare a Dom. 3bis_B  Non so 6  Passare a Dom. 4

ATTENZIONE: Solo se cod. 1  3 a Dom. 3:

Dom.3bis_A (ex Dom. 6bis_A). Secondo Lei, in termini percentuali, di quanto sono aumentati i prezzi al consumo in Italia negli ultimi 12 mesi?

|_____|_____|_____| % (1 – 100)

Figure 23: First page of the Consumer Survey conducted in Italy, 2015

The question analysed in this study is Dom.3 (ex Dom. 6). It can be noticed that now the European Commission included quantitative questions to capture inflation perceptions (e.g. Dom. 3bisA).

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