The ItRAS Survey

The Italian Refugees and Asylum Seekers Survey (ItRAS) employs Centre Sampling (Baio et al., 2011), a semi-probability method designed for elusive populations where listing is unavailable.

Target population: Adult refugees, asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection who have been residing in Italy no longer than 15 years (arrived not earlier than 2011). Individuals who have been denied protection are not included in the survey.

Geographic distribution: 9 Italian regions (Lombardy, Piedmont, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily) and a total of 66 cities survey.

Representativeness: Data are representative for macro areas (South, Center and North).
Final Sample: 1,327 Refugees and asylum seekers with 66 nationalities and 20 stateless individuals. 75% hold some form of protection, whereas 25% are asylum seekers.

Questionnaire: ItRAS explores the main areas of vulnerability. Particularly, questions aim at measuring economic vulnerability and material deprivation, health (both physical and psychological), food insecurity, legal vulnerability, social vulnerability, housing conditions, cultural vulnerability.