National Institute of Statistics, Italy

Data source(s) used: Labour force survey: from the labour force survey Istat derives its official estimates of the number of employed persons and job-seekers, as well as information about the main labour supply aggregates, such as occupation, economic activity area, hours worked, contract types and duration and training. Other data characteristics: Early leavers from education and training denotes the proportion of the population aged 18 to 24 with at most a lower secondary education (ISCED-97 levels 1, 2 or 3c short) who are no longer in further education or training (during the last four weeks preceding the survey); the denominator consists of the total population of the same age group, excluding non-response.

Educational Indicators of Italy

Data source(s) used: Establishment survey - Public Institutions Census:Census data limited to the institutional units (and their local units) belonging to the institutional sector of "General Government sector "(list S.13) released by Istat for 2011.

Data source(s) used: Lower secondary (public and private) school census: Data collected by Ministry of Education depicts consistency and characteristics of the lower secondary school, including the students enrolled and the school staff.

Data source(s) used: Source: Unioncamere - Ministry of Labour, Excelsior Information SystemEvery year (since 1997) the Excelsior survey covers a sample of over 100 ,000 private enterprises operating in Italy (with at least one employee) and provides detailed information on the characteristics of the labour demand for the current year.The data available provide information about labour demand of enterprises in Italy and main characteristics (age, educational level, work experience, difficulty of enterprises in recruiting specific profiles, need for further training, etc.) of the professionals required.The Excelsior survey refers to a sample of enterprises up to 50 employees and consider instead the universe of enterprises with over 50 employees.For further details, please consult the publications "La domanda di fabbisogni di professione e di formazione nelle imprese italiane" available at: excelsior.unioncamere.net

Data source(s) used: Participation rates in education and training are indicators adopted by the Lisbon Strategy, and subsequently reasserted in "Europe 2020", in order to define strategic objectives that are essential for creating sustainable economic growth, developing the labour market and increasing social cohesion.The source of "Participation rate in early childhood education" indicator is Eurostat ."Participation rates in education and training" are processing of data from Oecd for the cross-country indicator. For Italian regional figures the data source is Istat elaboration for UOE (Unesco, Oecd, Eurostat). The sources of "Participation rate in lifelong learning" and "Population aged 15 to 29 NEET (Not in education, employment or training)" indicators are: Eurostat, Labour force survey, for the cross-country indicators and Istat, Labour force survey, for the Italian regional indicators.

Data source(s) used: Survey on PhD graduates vocational integration The survey onPhD graduates vocational integration aims to analyze the vocational integration of university PhD graduates some years after graduation.

Data source(s) used: Survey on PhD graduates vocational integration The survey onPhD graduates vocational integration aims to analyze the vocational integration of university PhD graduates some years after graduation.

Data source(s) used: Survey on PhD graduates vocational integration The survey onPhD graduates vocational integration aims to analyze the vocational integration of university PhD graduates some years after graduation.

Data source(s) used: Survey on PhD graduates vocational integration The survey onPhD graduates vocational integration aims to analyze the vocational integration of university PhD graduates some years after graduation.

Data source(s) used: Pre-primary (public and private) school census: Data collected by Ministry of Education depicts consistency and characteristics of the pre-primary school, including the pupils enrolled and the school staff.

Data source(s) used: Primary (public and private) school census: Data collected by Ministry of Education depicts consistency and characteristics of the primary school, including the students enrolled and the school staff.

Data source(s) used: Balance sheets of public bodies/institutions:Istat publishes data on balance sheets of public bodies/institutions (revenue)

Data source(s) used: Final balance sheets of agencies for the right to university study,Final balance sheet of provinces and metropolitan cities,Final balance sheet of municipalities,Final balance sheet of mountain communities,Final balance sheet of autonomous regions and provinces,Final balance sheet of union of municipalities,The English description of the source is not available at this time, for methodological details go to the Siqual systemBalance sheet of public and private bodies/institutions: This survey was previously named "Survey on final balance sheet of public bodies/institutions: provincial tourist boards and tourist promotion offices".

Data source(s) used: Survey on integration of disable schoolmates in private and publich primary and upper secondary schools: The English description of the source is not available at this time, for methodological details go to the Siqual system

Data source(s) used: Survey on integration of disable schoolmates in private and publich primary and upper secondary schools: The English description of the source is not available at this time, for methodological details go to the Siqual system

Data source(s) used: Survey on social actions and services of single and associated municipalites: The survey collects annually information on social services managed by municipalities, so ensuring the monitoring of resources used and generated assets as part of the Integrated Network of local Social Services. The detection of the data is conduct in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), with different Regions and the autonomous provinces of Bolzano and Trento. Data are collected from 2003 through a computing platform accessible to all municipalities and associations involved in the management of the social services. From 2009 it was developed an additional module of the survey questionnaire, called "Questionnaire Day Nursery", to collect more detailed information on socio-educational services for early childhood than those available on all other social services.Warning on municipal dataIn Italy the management of social services is often held up by associative bodies for neighboring municipalities. Thus the disaggregation of data at the municipal level has required the introduction of an estimation component: the number of users, costs and the contribution paid by users includes both the activity of each municipality, both the additional shares arising from associative management of services. The data collected from associative bodies are distributed among the municipalities that belong to it in proportion to the reference population of the services.It should also be noted that there are other forms of association, less structured, which are not represented by the data at the municipal level. For example, through an agreement, a municipality that doesn’t have a day nursery may offer its residents the reception in a structure of a neighboring municipality. In this case, the data are contained entirely in the questionnaire of the owner of the service.

Data source(s) used: Graduates vocational integration:The survey explores the condition and the employment path of graduates some years after graduation . It collects information on the type of work and on the occupation performed, on income and job satisfaction, on the sector of activity and on the use of the skills acquired at university. The survey is part of the survey-system on the study-to-work-transition, which also includes the survey on doctorate holders’ vocational integration and the one on the upper secondary school graduates’ transition to university and labor market.

Data source(s) used: Graduates vocational integration:The survey explores the condition and the employment path of graduates some years after graduation . It collects information on the type of work and on the occupation performed, on income and job satisfaction, on the sector of activity and on the use of the skills acquired at university. The survey is part of the survey-system on the study-to-work-transition, which also includes the survey on doctorate holders’ vocational integration and the one on the upper secondary school graduates’ transition to university and labor market.

Data source(s) used: University degree courses: The survey is carried out by Ministry of University and Research (Reference date: 31 July). Data concern enrolments, entrants and graduates by single course.Short university courses: The survey is carried out by Ministry of University and Research (Reference date: 31 July). Data concern enrolments, entrants and graduates by single course (short university courses - old programme). The university indicators related to 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 have been recalculated using the intercensal population based on 2011 population census and therefore they may differ from the rates reported in other publications.

Data source(s) used: : University teaching and non-teaching staff: the survey is carried out by Ministry of University and Research. Other data characteristics: With reference to the permanent teachers, the data are referred at 31 December each year. In general, permanent teachers at 31/12/t are considered as regarding the academic year t/(t+1).

Data source(s) used: University degree courses: The survey is carried out by Ministry of University and Research (Reference date: 31 July). Data concern enrolments, entrants and graduates by single course.Short university courses: The survey is carried out by Ministry of University and Research (Reference date: 31 July). Data concern enrolments, entrants and graduates by single course (short university courses - old programme)

Data source(s) used: Enrolments, entrants and graduates. Higher Education Data Portal (MIUR): From the academic year 2012 and 2013 the data are taken from the National Student Registry (ANS), by the Ministry of University and Research (previously the data were collected through a survey carried out by the MIUR). Data on enrolments, entrants and graduates by degree course and disciplinary group are processed and disseminated. Other data characteristics: The number of students by municipality of the university is net of those one not referable to a specific university. Similarly, the number of students by municipality of residence does not include those one resident somewhere else (not an Italian municipality).

Data source(s) used: Upper secondary (public and private) school censusData collected by Ministry of Education depicts consistency and characteristics of the upper secondary school, including the students enrolled and the school staff. From the academic year 2006/07 to the academic year 2009/10, the students of the province of Bolzano include the students of the first and second classes of the vocational schools, recognized by the financial law 2007 (clause 623), for the fulfillment of the schooling committment (reference ASTAT).