Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2004/2005
Egypt, 2004 - 2005
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Reference ID
EGY_HIECS_2004_HD_V2.0
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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- Egypt04-HH-V2
- Egypt04-IND-V2
Main activity of the father [Detailed version] (PFMAS_D)
Data file: Egypt04-IND-V2
Overview
Valid:
103064
Valid (weighted):
102707.518
Invalid:
104367
Invalid (weighted):
104321.51
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
73
End:
75
Width:
3
Range:
100 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V2913
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Employed | 95524 | 95137 |
92.6%
|
| 110 | Employed during last week | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 120 | Employed but temporary absent from work | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 130 | Waiting to go back to previous job | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 140 | Found a job and waiting for the start date | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 150 | Employed (1-14 hours) weekly | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 160 | Employed (15 hours or more) weekly | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 170 | Employed (35 hours or more) weekly | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 180 | Managing own properties | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 200 | Unemployed | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 210 | Unemployed ever worked (looking for a job) | 158 | 157 |
0.2%
|
| 220 | Unemployed never worked (looking for a job) | 25 | 24 |
0%
|
| 230 | Temporary unemployed (in military services) | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 300 | Homemaker (Housewife) | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 310 | Homemaker | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 320 | Housewife | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 330 | Working housewife | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 400 | Student | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 410 | Working student | 54 | 52 |
0.1%
|
| 500 | Pensioners/retired/disabled | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 510 | Pensioners | 7113 | 7151 |
7%
|
| 520 | Retired | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 530 | Disabled | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 540 | Unable to work | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 550 | Old | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 560 | Disabled/Old/Ill | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 600 | Others | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 610 | Out of labor force | 104 | 103 |
0.1%
|
| 620 | Out of human force | 86 | 83 |
0.1%
|
| 630 | Have income/revenue/means | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 640 | In prison or in hospital | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 650 | Not working and not looking for a job | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 660 | Landlord | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 670 | Child | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | Not stated | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 104367 | 104322 |
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
Main activity status with respect to the labor force, that distinguishes between the employed and the not employed. The employed are those for whom work is the main activity, while for all the others, the main activity should attempt to distinguish between pensioners, students, and homemakers. This detailed variable distinguishes as well between different types of employment and unemployment.
Universe
All individuals
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook
Imputation and derivation
Coder instructions
Generated by ERF
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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Matching the datasets in other countries, and for consistency purposes, for those reported as unemployed ever previously worked in de08, the work status, occupation, economic activity and sector of activity were recoded 99 for those who are active and for whom the above mentioned variables are not available, while all employment related variables were only recoded missing for those who are identified as inactive in the relation to labor force or unemployed and never previously worked.
Those reported as working housewives or working students were considered active and their employment related variables were provided in the harmonized data.
----------------------
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
----------------------------------
Matching the datasets in other countries, and for consistency purposes, for those reported as unemployed ever previously worked in de08, the work status, occupation, economic activity and sector of activity were recoded 99 for those who are active and for whom the above mentioned variables are not available, while all employment related variables were only recoded missing for those who are identified as inactive in the relation to labor force or unemployed and never previously worked.
Those reported as working housewives or working students were considered active and their employment related variables were provided in the harmonized data.