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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Employment contract in the main job (EMPCONT)

Data file: Egypt 2009-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 101758

Valid (weighted): 23335782.586

Invalid: 232089

Invalid (weighted): 53208938.46

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 136

End: 138

Width: 3

Range: 100 - 999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V815

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
100	Yes	0	0	0%
110	Officially hired	33802	8009681	34.3%
120	Written contract for an unlimited duration	12662	3014320	12.9%
130	Written contract for a limited duration	78	17152	0.1%
140	Collective agreement	0	0	0%
150	Verbal agreement	0	0	0%
200	No contract	13262	2932448	12.6%
999	Not stated	41954	9362182	40.1%
Sysmiss		232089	53208938

Description

Definition

This variable should indicate whether the individual has an explicit (written or oral) or an implicit employment contract.

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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- Those reported to be officially hired are permanent workers at their main job. However, no official contract should be signed between them and their employers (e.g., governmental employees).
- Employees with a written contract for a limited duration are those for whom the main job will terminate after a fixed period of time or upon completion of a certain project/task.
- Employees with verbal or oral contracts are those for whom the main job started on the basis of a spoken agreement. Oral contracts are difficult to prove and enforce.
- The individuals for whom an employment contract would not be applicable given their employment status, should be coded 200 "No contract."
-This variable is important for measuring work stability, quality and decency.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The original variable indicating the work status (crcontr) is reported only for Waged workers. Thus, the generated variable for non waged workers is recoded "not stated".

In the case of Egypt LFS data, a written contract for an unlimited duration denotes a permanent contract, while that with a limited duration denotes a temporary contract.

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