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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2018

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2018
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2018_HD_V3
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Feb 18, 2021
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Seeking additional employment during the reference period (SEEKWRK)

Data file: Egypt 2018-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 85053
Valid (weighted): 26190189.528
Invalid: 238626
Invalid (weighted): 70752292.215
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 156
End: 157
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1961

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 83198 25600392
97.7%
1 Yes 1674 532598
2%
99 Not stated 181 57200
0.2%
Sysmiss 238626 70752292
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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