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INRAN SCAI 2005-2006

Italy, 2005 - 2006
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Reference ID
ITA_2005_2006_INFCS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS
Producer(s)
Council for agricultural research and economics (CREA, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria)
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Nutrition
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Created on
May 15, 2026
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Jun 19, 2026
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  • Study Description
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
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  • Metadata production
  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    ITA_2005_2006_INFCS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

    Title

    INRAN SCAI 2005-2006

    Abbreviation or Acronym

    INRAN SCAI ITA 2006

    Country
    Name Country code
    Italy ITA
    Study type

    Individual Food Consumption/Dietary Survey [hh/ifcs]

    Abstract

    This study represents the third food consumption survey on a national scale in Italy, which established the core of the information system with data on the Italian diet for nutrition and food consumption monitoring purposes. Such data contributes to the decision-making basis for food policy interventions.

    Primary (consumption) databases, support databases for processing (food, recipes, composition, portions), manuals, photographic atlases and protocols are important products of this work. They were also developed for the purpose of future use for updating food consumption data.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected information on:

    • SUBJECTS: information on the participants such as age, sex, and geographical location
    • CONSUMPTION: information on all foods consumed by each participant in each survey day, including quantities and nutrient values

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage, both rural and urban areas.

    Universe

    Whole population.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Council for agricultural research and economics (CREA, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria)

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The Census performed in 2001 by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) was used for the multistage stratification of the sample. A total of forty municipalities belonging to twenty-three provinces were involved in the survey. In each municipality, households were randomly selected from the telephone guide TELECOM (2005 edition).

    The strata were the following:

    • four geographical areas (Northwest, Northeast, Centre, South and Islands)
    • three provinces stratified by population size (low, medium and large)
    • two municipalities stratified by population size (large-medium and small)
    • four stratified by household composition (one member less than 65 years of age, one member aged 65 years and above, two or three members, four or more members)
    Weighting

    No sample weights were used.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2005-09-29 2006-12-29
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collectors
    Affiliation
    CREA Research Center Food and Nutrition (CREA-AN, Centro di ricerca alimenti e nutrizione
    Data Collection Notes

    Food consumption was self-recorded by subjects for three consecutive days, on hard-copy diaries, structured by meal. All foods, beverages, food supplements and medicines ingested were registered. Each field worker met each participant individually three times during the survey period. Data processing was carried out using INRAN-DIARIO 3, a software developed by Dev4U S.r.l.s. The sampling unit was the household; the analysis unit was the individual as all data was collected at individual level. An additional questionnaire for the whole family was added to capture food procurements habits. Weekdays and weekend days were proportionally included.

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO.
    Access conditions

    Micro datasets disseminated by FAO shall only be allowed for research and statistical purposes. Any user which requests access working for a commercial company will not be granted access to any micro dataset regardless of their specified purpose. Users requesting access to any datasets must agree to the following minimal conditions:

    • The micro dataset will only be used for statistical and/or research purposes;
    • Any results derived from the micro dataset will be used solely for reporting aggregated information, and not for any specific individual entities or data subjects;
    • The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO;
    • The micro dataset cannot be re-disseminated by users or shared with anyone other than the individuals that are granted access to the micro dataset by FAO.
    Citation requirements

    Leclercq C, Arcella D, Piccinelli R, Sette S, Le Donne C, Turrini A, INRAN-SCAI 2005-06 Study Group (2009) The Italian National Food Consumption Survey INRAN-SCAI 2005–06: main results in terms of food consumption. Publ Health Nutr 12:2504–2532. doi: 10.1017/S1368980009005035

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Food and Nutrition Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [email protected]

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ITA_2005_2006_INFCS_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Food and Nutrition Division ESN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Metadata producer
    Statistics Division ESS Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Metadata adapted for FAM
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