Labor Force Survey, LFS 2013

Egypt, 2013

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2013_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 31, 2016

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Previously worked during the reference period (PRVWRK)

Data file: Egypt 2013-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 301177

Invalid: 49650

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 155

End: 155

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Never worked during the reference period	197591	65.6%
1	Employed but previous job is not reported	70403	23.4%
2	Employed & reported a previous job	29626	9.8%
3	Not working & reported a last held job	3557	1.2%
Sysmiss		49650

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 have previously been employed for pay or for profit for a continuous period of time.

Universe

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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This information is collected for all individuals in the working-age population to identify those who have previously experienced any employment during the reference period.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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