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disaggregazione tra cittadini italiani e

English translation: breakdown

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Italian term or phrase:disaggregazione
English translation:breakdown
Entered by: philgoddard

13:17 Dec 13, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Surveying
Italian term or phrase: disaggregazione tra cittadini italiani e
Hi there,
I'm having problems with this term.
I found it in an EU document translated like "disaggregated by" I wanted to know if is the right word, or breakdowns would do better.

My context is a survey on foreign nationals registered in Italy.
http://demo.istat.it/bil2005/index03_e.html

Legal document, target English language
Marie Madelene Negulici
Italy
Local time: 20:46
breakdown between Italian citizens and
Explanation:
Your context is no help, as it's a badly translated English document that doesn't contain the word "disaggregazione". But this is almost certainly what it means. To disaggregate something is to break it down into smaller units.
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philgoddard
United States
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breakdown between Italian citizens and


Explanation:
Your context is no help, as it's a badly translated English document that doesn't contain the word "disaggregazione". But this is almost certainly what it means. To disaggregate something is to break it down into smaller units.

philgoddard
United States
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Notes to answerer
Asker: I've checked with Google result statistics and "disaggregated data" suits better in my context.

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