Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2017/2018
Egypt, Arab Rep., 2017 - 2018
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Reference ID
EGY_HIECS_2017_HD_V3.0
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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- Egypt17-HH-V3
- Egypt17-IND-V3
Main activity of the mother [Detailed version] (PMMAS_D)
Data file: Egypt17-IND-V3
Overview
Valid:
29021
Valid (weighted):
28264.991
Invalid:
23907
Invalid (weighted):
23770.707
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
82
End:
84
Width:
3
Range:
100 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V1086
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Employed | 369 | 291 |
1%
|
| 110 | Employed during last week | 6132 | 6234 |
22.1%
|
| 120 | Employed but temporary absent from work | 8 | 11 |
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) | 79 | 75 |
0.3%
|
| 220 | Unemployed never worked (looking for a job) | 370 | 331 |
1.2%
|
| 230 | Temporary unemployed (in military services) | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 300 | Homemaker (Housewife) | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 310 | Homemaker | 1621 | 1544 |
5.5%
|
| 320 | Housewife | 19193 | 18523 |
65.5%
|
| 330 | Working housewife | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 400 | Student | 8 | 8 |
0%
|
| 410 | Working student | 4 | 6 |
0%
|
| 500 | Pensioners/retired/disabled | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 510 | Pensioners | 226 | 224 |
0.8%
|
| 520 | Retired | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 530 | Disabled | 120 | 141 |
0.5%
|
| 540 | Unable to work | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 550 | Old | 668 | 678 |
2.4%
|
| 560 | Disabled/Old/Ill | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 600 | Others | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 610 | Out of labor force | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 620 | Out of human force | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 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 | 8 | 8 |
0%
|
| 660 | Landlord | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 670 | Child | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | Not stated | 215 | 192 |
0.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 23907 | 23771 |
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
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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Those reported as working students were considered active and their employment related variables were provided in the harmonized data.
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Those reported as working students were considered active and their employment related variables were provided in the harmonized data.