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

Collections

Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Jan 13, 2018

Last modified

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Seeking a job through other activities not elsewhere classified (SRCHACT_90)

Data file: Egypt 2016-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 11630

Valid (weighted): 3765483.932

Invalid: 335974

Invalid (weighted): 87175742.068

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 163

End: 163

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1224

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	11357	3676861	97.6%
1	Yes	273	88623	2.4%
Sysmiss		335974	87175742

Description

Definition

This set of dummy variables should indicate the activity(ies) undertaken by the unemployed in their search efforts to find a job during the reference period.

Universe

Unemployed 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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Searching for a private project: includes searching for a land, premises, machinery, supplies, farming inputs, etc.
Online search: includes placing or updating the CV on professional or social networking sites.
Applying directly to the employer: includes checking worksites, farms, factories or other assembly places

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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