Cultural, Relational and Social Participation in Italian Regions: Evidences from the Italian Context

In a modern globalized world, leisure time, social and cultural participation are increasingly fundamental needs for people to satisfy. Indagini Multiscopo sulle famiglie, a survey drawn up by the Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) provides a wide range of specific data in order to evaluate particular aspects of Italian people’s life. Such a survey is highly meaningful since Italian people are very different in culture and habits. Our paper uses this set of data to highlight the Italian situation through the construction of a composite indicator. The selected methodology is the Borda method. We obtain a ranking that shows in what context higher levels of social and cultural participation can increase. The aim is to analyze how this index could be related with some characteristics of the population such as income, general well-being, demographic figures, institutional features and satisfaction measures.