Labor Force Survey, LFS 2015

Egypt, 2015

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2015_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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Jan 13, 2018

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Employment stability in the main job (EMPSTAB)

Data file: Egypt 2015-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 98820

Valid (weighted): 24979892.32

Invalid: 258580

Invalid (weighted): 63912496.841

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 114

End: 115

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1805

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Full time/Regular	73630	18100577	72.5%
2	Part time/Temporary	4845	1372626	5.5%
3	Seasonal/Irregular	20116	5441848	21.8%
99	Not stated	229	64841	0.3%
Sysmiss		258580	63912497

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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