Division 98: Undifferentiated goods- and service-producing activities of private households for own use

Section U, Activities of households as employers and undifferentiated goods - and service-producing activities of households for own use. 2 subcategories with ISTAT's explanatory notes and the ATECO 2022 codes they come from.

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  1. 98Undifferentiated goods- and service-producing activities of private households for own use

    This division includes the undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing and services-producing activities of households.

    Households should be classified here only if it is impossible to identify a primary activity for the subsistence activities of the household. If the household engages in market activities, it should be classified according to the primary market activity carried out.

  2. 98.1Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use
  3. 98.10Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    This class includes the undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing activities of households, in other words, the activities of households that are engaged in a variety of activities that produce goods for their own subsistence. These activities include hunting and gathering, farming, and the production of shelter, clothing and other goods by the household for its own subsistence.

    Excludes

    • If households are also engaged in the production of marketed goods, they are classified to the appropriate goods-producing industry of NACE/ATECO.
    • If households are principally engaged in a specific goods-producing subsistence activity, they are classified to the appropriate goods-producing industry of NACE/ATECO.
  4. 98.10.0Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use
  5. 98.10.00Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use
    From ATECO 2022: 98.10.00 Produzione di beni indifferenziati per uso proprio da parte di famiglie e convivenze (all from here)
  6. 98.2Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
  7. 98.20Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    This class includes the undifferentiated subsistence service-producing activities of households. These activities include cooking, teaching, caring for household members and other services produced by the household for its own subsistence.

    Excludes

    • households also engaged in the production of multiple goods for subsistence purposes: they are classified to the undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing activities of households
  8. 98.20.0Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
  9. 98.20.00Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
    From ATECO 2022: 98.20.00 Produzione di servizi indifferenziati per uso proprio da parte di famiglie e convivenze (all from here)

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