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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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Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV (SRCHACT_08)

Data file: Egypt 2008-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 8641
Valid (weighted): 1989231.097
Invalid: 322209
Invalid (weighted): 73094564.543
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 241
End: 241
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1770

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 7035 1612245
81%
1 Yes 1606 376986
19%
Sysmiss 322209 73094565
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 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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