The survey on births (ISTAT D1/D2) was carried out by ISTAT at the Population
Registers from 1926 to 1998. It collected information on births of present
population in Italy.
The survey was based on individual forms divided in 3 sections:
a section with administrative information;
a section concerning socio-sanitary information (relative
to the delivery and the newborn);
a section regarding socio-demographic information (education,
working conditions of parents, etc.).
The end of the survey was caused by the law 127/97 on "administrative
simplification", put in force since May 17 th 1997. Up to this date,
births had to be declared at the Registers of the commune where the event
took place. The law 127/97 allowed to declare live births also at the
Registers of the Commune of parent's residence or at the hospital.
The immediate application of the law, in the middle of 1997, leaded
to an inadequate situation for the data collection on births, since the
survey was extended to the all 8100 Italian communes. As a consequence,
in 1997 a lack of data occurred in the period June-December (496.829
births were counted for this year, versus 528.123 relative to 1996);
an analogous phenomenon happened in 1998 (only 479.463 live births).
Thus, an estimate of the amount of live births by region was necessary.
The availability of monthly data on births since 1969 allowed to produce
good estimates using the historical series technique and the Tramo software.
Weights were created in order to release the underestimated datasets.
Since January 1999, a new survey on resident
births has been put in
force by ISTAT at the Population Registers . It collects
information on live births of resident population in Italy and it enables
to calculate the main fertility indicators, as Total Fertility Rate and
mean age at childbearing, at a very detailed territorial level.
Moreover, a Birth Sample
Survey was carried out in 2002 and
2005. Mothers were interviewed 18-21 months after childbirth, collecting
information on the newborn, the parents' and the socio-economic context:
mothers' working conditions before and after childbearing, the household
composition, the formal and informal childcare networks and the division
of household chores.
Up to 1996, data were published on the volumes "Nascite:
caratteristiche demografiche e sociali", Annuari. Data referred
to 1997 and 1998 are available just on line.
STATISTICAL TABLES - 1998
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Table
1.1 |
Regional indicators - 1998 |
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Table 1.2 |
Births by vital status, sex and marital status from 1994 to 1998
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Table 1.3 |
Births by vital status and birth month from 1994
to 1998 |
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Table 1.4 |
Births by vital status and plurality from 1994 to
1998 |
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Table 1.5 |
Mother's mean age at childbearing by birth order
from 1994 to 1998 |
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Table 1.6 |
Male births per 1.000 female births by vital status,
filiation and plurality from 1994 to 1998 |
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Table 1.7 |
Childbirths by filiation and age of mother from
1994 to 1998 |
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Table 2.1 |
Childbirths and births by birth order, sex, plurality,
filiation and age class of mother TOTAL 1998 |
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Table 2.1 |
Childbirths and births by birth order, sex, plurality,
filiation and age class of mother IN MARRIAGE 1998 |
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Table 2.1 |
Childbirths and births by birth order, sex, plurality,
filiation and age class of mother MULTIPLE 1998 |
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Table 2.2 |
Births by sex, vital status, plurality and birthweight
class 1998 |
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Table 2.3 |
Births by sex, vital status, birth order and gestational
age 1998 |
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Table 2.4 |
Births by vital status, sex, age class and mode
of delivery 1998 |
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Table 2.5 |
Births by sex, vital status and birth month 1998 |
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Table 2.6 |
In marriage live births by age class of mother,
sex and father's age 1998 |
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Table 2.7 |
Live births by birth order, region and birth month
1998 |
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Table 2.8 |
Outside marriage live births by parents' acknowledgement,
sex and region 1998 |
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Table 2.9 |
Births by sex, vital status, region and place of
birth 1998 |
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STATISTICAL TABLES - 1997
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Table 1.1 |
Regional indicators - 1997 |
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Table 1.2 |
Births by vital status, sex and marital status from
1993 to 1997 |
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Table 1.3 |
Births by vital status and birth month from 1993 to
1997 |
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Table 1.4 |
Births by vital status and plurality from 1993 to
1997 |
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Table 1.5 |
Mother's mean age at childbearing by birth order from
1993 to 1997 |
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Table 1.6 |
Male births per 1.000 female births by vital status,
filiation and plurality from 1993 to 1997 |
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Table 1.7 |
Childbirths by filiation and age of mother from 1993
to 1997 |
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Table 2.1 |
Childbirths and births by birth order, sex, plurality,
filiation and age class of mother TOTAL 1997 |
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Table 2.1 |
Childbirths and births by birth order, sex, plurality,
filiation and age class of mother IN MARRIAGE 1997 |
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Table 2.1 |
Childbirths and births by birth order, sex, plurality,
filiation and age class of mother MULTIPLE 1997 |
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Table 2.2 |
Births by sex, vital status, plurality and birthweight
class 1997 |
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Table 2.3 |
Births by sex, vital status, birth order and gestational
age 1997 |
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Table 2.4 |
Births by vital status, sex, age class and mode of
delivery 1997 |
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Table 2.5 |
Births by sex, vital status and birth month 1997 |
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Table 2.6 |
In marriage live births by age class of mother, sex
and father's age 1997 |
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Table 2.7 |
Live births by birth order, region and birth month
1997 |
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Table 2.8 |
Outside marriage live births by parents' acknowledgement,
sex and region 1997 |
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Table 2.9 |
Births by sex, vital status, region and place of birth
1997 |
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