Labor Force Survey, LFS 2011

Egypt, 2011

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2011_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Apr 24, 2017

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Employment stability in the main job (EMPSTAB)

Data file: Egypt 2011-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 109387

Valid (weighted): 23668354.622

Invalid: 262997

Invalid (weighted): 56727452.258

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 126

End: 127

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2302

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Full time/Regular	83205	18032193	76.2%
2	Part time/Temporary	7422	1669486	7.1%
3	Seasonal/Irregular	18022	3804260	16.1%
99	Not stated	738	162415	0.7%
Sysmiss		262997	56727452

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the employed individual is engaged in a regular or an irregular job.

Universe

Employed individuals aged 6+

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For those employed but temporary unpaid (MAS_D=130), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.

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