Labor Force Survey, LFS 2017

Egypt, 2017

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2017_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

Collections

Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

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May 30, 2019

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Level of schooling presently attending (ENROL)

Data file: Egypt 2017-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 101395

Valid (weighted): 28178450.567

Invalid: 234001

Invalid (weighted): 67473531.582

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 96

End: 97

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1797

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Primary	45831	11490342	40.8%
2	Lower secondary	22188	5484812	19.5%
3	Higher secondary- academic	11633	3702313	13.1%
4	Higher secondary- technical/vocational	9486	3050201	10.8%
5	Post secondary- technical	878	316959	1.1%
6	University	10717	3955102	14%
7	Postgraduate	102	30438	0.1%
8	Other	560	148283	0.5%
99	Not stated	0	0	0%
Sysmiss		234001	67473532

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 ideally provides information on the level of education in which the individual is enrolled.

Universe

Currently enrolled individuals 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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The universe of this variable covers the individuals attending school at the time of the survey (ATTSCH=1), and will be coded missing for others.
If the type of secondary school is not specified, it is assumed to be academic (Code 3).
For the surveys in which no distinction is provided between university and post university, they are considered to be university.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The code "0" in the original variable indicating those below the question age category / not currently enrolled were recoded missing.

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