The interviews for the sample survey of Italian household income and wealth in 1998 were conducted between February and July 1999.
The sampling scheme was the same as the preceding survey, which referred to 1995. The sample was slightly less numerous than in earlier surveys: 7,147 households for 1998, compared with more than 8,000 in the past.
The sections of the questionnaire concerning sources of income and components of wealth, the use of payment instruments and insurance follow those used in the previous surveys. The section on expected income, which sheds additional light on savers’ behaviour, is also unchanged. Among monographic topics, in the new survey it was decided to collect data on labour market flexibility and to drop data collection on the non-monetary aspects of work and unemployment.
