Labor Force Survey, LFS 2012

Egypt, 2012

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2012_HD_V1

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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May 31, 2016

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May 20, 2018

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Employment stability in the main job (EMPSTAB)

Data file: Egypt 2012-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 106960

Valid (weighted): 23958937.277

Invalid: 263330

Invalid (weighted): 58567869.894

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 112

End: 113

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2099

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Full time/Regular	81782	18353528	76.6%
2	Part time/Temporary	6843	1567644	6.5%
3	Seasonal/Irregular	17537	3859910	16.1%
99	Not stated	798	177855	0.7%
Sysmiss		263330	58567870

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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