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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2009

Egypt, 2009
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2009_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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May 20, 2018
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Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV (SRCHACT_08)

Data file: Egypt 2009-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 9216
Valid (weighted): 2159687.296
Invalid: 324631
Invalid (weighted): 74385033.75
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 248
End: 248
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V815

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 7503 1750522
81.1%
1 Yes 1713 409165
18.9%
Sysmiss 324631 74385034
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 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 résumé 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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