Book-reading habits in Italy

In 2010, 46.8% of the population aged 6 and over said they had read at least one book (over 26,400,000 people) in their leisure time […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index lowers to 103.7 from 105.1 in March. The downswing is mainly due to a widespread pessimism on short-term expectations (from 93.7 to […]

Households income and corporate profits

The analysis provided below is based on a selection of indicators derived from quarterly national accounts by institutional sector (QSA), which allow a timely analysis […]

Households with foreigners

In 2009, Istat carried out for the first time the “Income and living conditions” survey on a sample of 6,000 households resident in Italy with […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index lowers to 105.2 from 106.3 in February. The downswing is mainly due to a widespread pessimism on country overall economic situation (from […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index goes up from 105.9 in January to 106.4. The increase is mainly due to the optimism on short-term expectations both on country […]

Regional Households disposable income

Istat disseminates regional accounts for Households up to disposable income for the years 2008 and 2009. Regional households accounts show the economic behaviour of the […]

Consumer confidence

The confidence index goes down from 109.1 in December to 105.9. The worsening is mainly due to the pessimism on short-term expectations both on country […]

Citizens and the ICTs

Every year the survey on “Aspects of daily life” provides data on behaviours and the most important aspects of daily life in households. The information […]

Households income and corporate profits

In the second quarter of 2010, the household saving rate (defined as gross saving divided by gross disposable income, with the latter being adjusted for […]