The combined use of statistical and administrative sources allow to save time and money, reducing survey costs, response burden, etc.; sometimes data sources are hard to integrate since errors or lacking information in the record identifiers may complicate this process. The purpose of record...

Forward Search (FS) is an iterative method to detect the presence of groups of outliers in the case of regression or multivariate data. In the present paper, FS is applied to Istat data on marriages celebrated in 2011 and to the characteristics of partners. The aim is to identify Provinces and...

During 2011 General Population and Housing Census methodological innovations towards the planning of a register-based census were introduced. Such innovations allowed to reach a satisfactory cost-benefit balance but increased the survey complexity and the risk of errors.Istat focus on web...