Labor Force Survey, LFS 2007

Egypt, 2007

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2007_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics

Collections

Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Apr 04, 2019

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Seeking a job by registering with a public/private employment service (SRCHACT_02)

Data file: Egypt 2007-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 9302

Valid (weighted): 2076940.766

Invalid: 321703

Invalid (weighted): 71346126.236

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 235

End: 235

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2258

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	7050	1571027	75.6%
1	Yes	2252	505913	24.4%
Sysmiss		321703	71346126

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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