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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2018

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2018
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EGY_LFS_2018_HD_V3
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Feb 18, 2021
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Seeking a job by searching for a private project (SRCHACT_05)

Data file: Egypt 2018-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 4813
Valid (weighted): 2844508.336
Invalid: 318866
Invalid (weighted): 94097973.407
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 222
End: 222
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1961

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 4752 2810215
98.8%
1 Yes 61 34293
1.2%
Sysmiss 318866 94097973
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 set of dummy variables should indicate the activity(ies) undertaken by the unemployed in their search efforts to find a job during the reference period.
Universe
Unemployed individuals aged 15+
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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Searching for a private project: includes searching for a land, premises, machinery, supplies, farming inputs, etc.
Online search: includes placing or updating the CV on professional or social networking sites.
Applying directly to the employer: includes checking worksites, farms, factories or other assembly places



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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