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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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Feb 18, 2021

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Employment stability in the main job (EMPSTAB)

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: 139

End: 140

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1961

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Full time/Regular	66432	20369041	77.8%
2	Part time/Temporary	3076	1035320	4%
3	Seasonal/Irregular	15364	4728628	18.1%
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 indicates whether the employed individual is engaged in a regular or an irregular job.

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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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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