Promising Practice

Survey on Children and Young People: Behaviour, attitudes and future plans

Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
The Survey on Children and Young People aims to collect first-hand information about social transformations they have experienced, especially the impact of COVID-19 on their everyday life as students.
Country
Italy
Guidelines
Institutional and structural guidelines
Build institutional capacity
Ground of discrimination
Racial or ethnic origin

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Why was the practice needed?

The broader aim is to collect first-hand information about the great social transformations that have interested the new generations in recent years. In 2021 a special edition of the survey will be carried out to collect information about the impact of COVID-19 on the everyday life of young students.

The present survey derives from a survey on educational and social integration of second-generation foreign children carried out in 2015.

How was it implemented?

The survey was conducted in 2021 in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and with the involvement of Unicef.

Unicef organised focus groups and workshops with young students in order to finalise the questionnaire. In this way, children and young people are an active and conscious part of the statistical process.

The National Statistical Institute will produce reports, tables and e-books about the social situation of children and young people, sharing the results of the survey with the principal national stakeholders, and the dissemination process will also involve schools and students.

Outputs

  • Reports, tables and e-books about the social situation of children and young people.
  • Results published in May 2022.

Key success factors

  • Children and young people were an active and conscious part of the statistical process.
  • Focus groups with students were organised in collaboration with Unicef.
  • The Ministry of Education and Research was engaged in facilitating the involvement of children etc.

Technical information

  • Data sources covered: Household or individual surveys
  • Areas of life covered: Education; Housing and living conditions
  • Target audience: Children and young people, public administrations, civil society organisations, media, general population, scientific community
  • Duration: 3 months
  • Geographical scope: National
  • Leading institution: National Statistical Institute (Istituto nazionale di statistica)
  • Other organisations involved/consulted: Ministry of Education and Unicef
  • Financial & human resources: Budget: Data not provided; Source of the budget: National Statistical Institute; Staff: Data not provided

Contacts

National Statistical Institute (Istituto nazionale di statistica)

ciconti@istat.it