Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008
Egypt, 2008
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2008_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics
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Egypt 2008-LFS
HH-V1 -
Egypt 2008-LFS
IND-V1
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version] (OCCPRV)
Data file: Egypt 2008-LFS IND-V1
Overview
Valid:
23542
Valid (weighted):
5113985.336
Invalid:
307308
Invalid (weighted):
69969810.304
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
217
End:
219
Width:
3
Range:
10 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V1770
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Legislators, senior officials and managers | 392 | 88675 |
1.7%
|
| 20 | Professionals | 1322 | 297745 |
5.8%
|
| 30 | Technicians and associate professionals | 591 | 132562 |
2.6%
|
| 40 | Clerks | 365 | 81903 |
1.6%
|
| 50 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 1280 | 282647 |
5.5%
|
| 60 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 13713 | 2926472 |
57.2%
|
| 70 | Craft and related trades workers | 3943 | 861896 |
16.9%
|
| 80 | Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | 681 | 152484 |
3%
|
| 90 | Elementary occupations | 351 | 78829 |
1.5%
|
| 100 | Armed forces | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 998 | Other/unspecified | 118 | 28026 |
0.5%
|
| 999 | Not stated | 786 | 182746 |
3.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 307308 | 69969810 |
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
Standardized occupation classification of the previous/last held job.
Universe
Ever-employed and reported a previous job INDs aged 6+
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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In many datasets, national classifications are used to code the detailed data collected. In such cases, if the aggregated data is provided by the statistical office, no attempt to correct the original variable is done.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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As stated in the methodology part of the report provided with the dataset from CAPMAS, the occupation variable's codes were recoded based on the occupational classification index issued in January 1996.
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In many datasets, national classifications are used to code the detailed data collected. In such cases, if the aggregated data is provided by the statistical office, no attempt to correct the original variable is done.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
----------------------------------
As stated in the methodology part of the report provided with the dataset from CAPMAS, the occupation variable's codes were recoded based on the occupational classification index issued in January 1996.