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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
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May 31, 2016
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Egypt 2013-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 235911
Invalid: 114916
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 52
End: 53
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never married 74835
31.7%
2 Married monogamous 142001
60.2%
3 Married polygamous 286
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 2077
0.9%
5 Widowed 16712
7.1%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 114916
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
Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, an individual can still be legally recognized as being in a relationship).
Universe
Individuals aged 15+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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There is no polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the male head. For the other individuals, we consider those having the status married as monogamous.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The "married polygamous" category was generated for the head of the household only if the number of spouses exceeds "1".
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