Here's a recent very interesting poll that wants to explain how Italians perceive themselves.
The question was : "Which of the following things do you think describes better
Italy and italian people?". And the results (%) :
| The very concept of family | 37,4 |
| The art of getting by on your own | 32,8 |
| The artistic heritage | 24,1 |
| Creativity | 21,1 |
| Catholic tradition | 18,6 |
| The entrepreneurial skills | 15,2 |
| Individualism | 9,4 |
| Democracy compliance | 6,4 |
| Civic minded behaviour | 4,7 |
| Localism | 3,1 |
| Thinking that Italy has not a strong country identity but multiple region identities | 2,2 |
Source : "Demos-Lapolis poll December 2008"
Link : http://www.demos.it/a00252.php
