Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008

Egypt, 2008

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2008_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics

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Apr 04, 2019

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Reason for moving to the current place of residence (CURRESD_R)

Data file: Egypt 2008-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 13734

Valid (weighted): 3391412.386

Invalid: 317116

Invalid (weighted): 71692383.254

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 73

End: 75

Width: 3

Range: 10 - 999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1770

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
10	Work	2438	617436	18.2%
20	Study	198	50451	1.5%
30	Marriage	3336	840636	24.8%
40	Divorce/Widowhood	32	8061	0.2%
50	Accompany	4716	1156734	34.1%
60	Immigration	0	0	0%
90	Others	1273	307799	9.1%
999	Not stated	1741	410296	12.1%
Sysmiss		317116	71692383

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 indicates the reason for which the individual has moved to his/her current place of residence.

Universe

Individuals who changed their place of residence

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 universe of this variable should cover those who previously changed their place of residence, whether from the place of birth or from other residence place preceding the current one (for whom BIR=0).

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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