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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2009

Egypt, 2009
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EGY_LFS_2009_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Data file: Egypt 2009-LFS IND-V1

The individual data file contains generated individual-level harmonized variables, subject to availability, enveloped in the following categories:
- File identification and information
- Demographics
- Nationality and immigration
- Education
- Current labor status
- Employment in main job
- Wages and incomes
- Employment in secondary job
- Last held job characteristics
- Unemployment characteristics
- Inactivity reason(s)

In cross-sectional datasets, both CASESER and PNUM are used to uniquely identify an individual.
In panel data, the ROUND, CASESER and PNUM are required to uniquely identify a certain individual, while the HPNLID and PPNLID variables are used to identify paneled individuals.

Cases: 333847
Variables: 84

Variables

COUNTRY
Country
YEAR
Survey year
ROUND
Survey round
DTYPE
Data type
CASESER
Unique household identifier
PNUM
Individual identifier
PWEIGHT
Individual weight
REG
Region
AREA
Area
AREA_S
Second area level
PSUNUM
Primary Sampling Unit identifier
RURURB
Urban/Rural residence
AGE
Age
SEX
Gender
MART
Marital status [Standardized version]
MART_D
Marital status [Detailed version]
REL
Relationship to head [Standardized version]
REL_D
Relationship to head [Detailed version]
IMMIGR
Immigration status
BIR
Is the individual born in his/her current residence place
BIRPL
Place of birth
CURRESD_Y
Moving year to the current place of residence
CURRESD_R
Reason for moving to the current place of residence
PRVRESD
Moved to a previous place of residence before the current one
PRVRESDPL
Previous place of residence before the current one
LIT
Literacy status
EVERATTD
Ever attended school
ATTSCH
School attendance status
EDUC
Educational level [Standardized version]
EDUC_D
Educational level [Detailed version]
CERTIF
Certificate specialization
YEDUC
Number of effective years of schooling
ENROL
Level of schooling presently attending
LFS
Labor force status in the reference period
MAS
Main activity status in the reference period [Standardized version]
MAS_D
Main activity status in the reference period [Detailed version]
EMPS
Status of employment in the main job during the reference period
OCC
Occupation classification of the main job [Standardized version]
OCC_ISCO88_4
Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO 1988-4 digits]
IND
Economic activity classification of the main job [Standardized version]
IND_ISIC4_4
Economic activity classification of the main job [ISIC Rev.4-4 digits]
SECTOR
Sector of employment of the main job [Standardized version]
SECTOR_D
Sector of employment of the main job [Detailed version]
TENURE
Tenure in the main job
EMPSTAB
Employment stability in the main job
EMPCONT
Employment contract in the main job
SOCSEC
Has social security coverage
ESTAB
Working in an establishment at the main job
NUMWRK
Number of workers in establishment of the main job
HRSWK
Total weekly working hours in the main job
FHRSWK_R_01
Reason for few weekly working hours is official working hours < threshold
FHRSWK_R_02
Reason for few weekly working hours is work conditions
FHRSWK_R_04
Reason for few weekly working hours is unavailability of additional work
FHRSWK_R_05
Reason for few weekly working hours is unsatisfactory wages
FHRSWK_R_08
Reason for few weekly working hours is temporary absence from work
FHRSWK_R_09
Reason for few weekly working hours is unwillingness to do extra work
BASWAG
Total monthly basic wage from the main regular job
ADDWAG
Total monthly additional work wage from the main regular job
ALLWNC
Total monthly allowances from the main regular job
BONUS
Total monthly bonus from the main regular job
INCENTV
Total monthly incentives from the main regular job
PROFIT
Total monthly profits from the main regular job
OTHEARN
Total other monthly earnings from the main regular job
TOTWAG
Total monthly wage from the regular main job
IRRGWAG
Total daily wages from seasonal/irregular jobs
SECJOB
Has a secondary job during the reference period
HRSWKSC
Total weekly working hours in the secondary job
PRVWRK
Previously worked during the reference period
OCCPRV
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
OCCPRV_ISCO88_4
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 1988-4 digits]
INDPRV
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
INDPRV_ISIC4_4
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [ISIC Rev.4-4 digits]
UNEMPDUR
Unemployment duration in months
SRCHACT_01
Seeking a job by registering with government offices/ministries
SRCHACT_02
Seeking a job by registering with a public/private employment service
SRCHACT_03
Seeking a job by participating in employment competitions
SRCHACT_04
Seeking a job by arranging for financial resources/applying for permits/licenses
SRCHACT_05
Seeking a job by searching for a private project
SRCHACT_06
Seeking a job by seeking the assistance of friends/relatives/other intermediaries
SRCHACT_07
Seeking a job by applying directly to the employer
SRCHACT_08
Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV
SRCHACT_10
Seeking a job by waiting in a gathering place
SRCHACT_90
Seeking a job through other activities not elsewhere classified
NOTSRCH_R
Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period
Total: 84
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