Labor Force Survey, LFS 2009

Egypt, 2009

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2009_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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May 20, 2018

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Total monthly wage from the regular main job (TOTWAG)

Data file: Egypt 2009-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 46561

Valid (weighted): 11045425.912

Invalid: 287286

Invalid (weighted): 65499295.134

Minimum: 24

Maximum: 17685

Mean: 815.09

Mean (weighted): 819.793

Standard deviation: 613.369

Standard deviation (weighted): 622.361

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 2

Start: 205

End: 212

Width: 8

Range: 24 - 17685

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V815

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the total monthly wage the employee receives from his/her main job.

Universe

Waged workers 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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The value of the total wage reported in this variable should equal the value of the basic wage in addition to bonuses, benefits, allowances, profits, etc.
TOTWAG=BASWAG+ADDWAG+ALLWNC+BONUS+INCENTV+PROFIT+OTHEARN

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The total wages were then generated by summating all wage variables by type of wage, after converting all original variables to monthly amounts.

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