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

Collections

Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

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Apr 04, 2019

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Seeking a job by waiting in a gathering place (SRCHACT_10)

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: 242

End: 242

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1770

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	8530	1962746	98.7%
1	Yes	111	26485	1.3%
Sysmiss		322209	73094565

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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