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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
DDI/XML JSON
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May 30, 2019
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May 29, 2023
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Seeking additional employment during the reference period (SEEKWRK)

Data file: Egypt 2017-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 91405
Valid (weighted): 26060665.613
Invalid: 243991
Invalid (weighted): 69591316.536
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 152
End: 153
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1797

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 88630 25179013
96.6%
1 Yes 2615 824947
3.2%
99 Not stated 160 56706
0.2%
Sysmiss 243991 69591317
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 should identify those who are looking for additional work during the reference period.
Universe
Employed 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 search reference period may be 1 week, 4 weeks or 6 months preceding the survey. This is country specific information, and is denoted in the comments.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For those employed but temporary unpaid (MAS_D=130), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.
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