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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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Immigration status of the first spouse (IMMIGRSP_1)

Data file: Egypt 2009-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 57605
Invalid: 17434
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 79
End: 79
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Immigrant (from abroad) 41
0.1%
2 Migrant (from another region inside the country) 4528
7.9%
3 No 53036
92.1%
Sysmiss 17434
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 variable ideally indicates whether the first spouse is born in the country or has an immigrant background, and, if possible, how recently he/she arrived. Other migration status information may be included if available.
Universe
All Spouses
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 content of this variable is not uniform.
Through other migration statuses we attempt to capture those who migrate from one region to another inside the country (if the place of birth is different from the place of residence inside the country).

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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