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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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Apr 04, 2019

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Reason for few weekly working hours is official working hours < threshold (FHRSWK_R_01)

Data file: Egypt 2008-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 11284

Valid (weighted): 2523952.613

Invalid: 319566

Invalid (weighted): 72559843.027

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 148

End: 148

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1770

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	10723	2385363	94.5%
1	Yes	561	138589	5.5%
Sysmiss		319566	72559843

Description

Definition

This set of variables should provide the reason(s) for which an individual reported weekly working hours below a country specific threshold.

Universe

Employed individuals aged 6+ and working weekly less than 35 hours

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 threshold used in such a variable may vary from one dataset to another. The variable's universe will denote the threshold used in each country.

Some of the reasons reported are called "involuntary reasons." They can be used with the criterion of usually working for hours below a certain threshold to define the "visible underemployment."

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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