Labor Force Survey, LFS 2016

Egypt, 2016

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2016_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 2016-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 94852

Valid (weighted): 25395910.425

Invalid: 252752

Invalid (weighted): 65545315.575

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 113

End: 114

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1224

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Full time/Regular	70604	18296572	72%
2	Part time/Temporary	5716	1797863	7.1%
3	Seasonal/Irregular	18287	5236745	20.6%
99	Not stated	245	64730	0.3%
Sysmiss		252752	65545316

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 15+

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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