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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2020

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2020
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2020_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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  • Egypt 2020-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Egypt 2020-LFS
    IND-V1

Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period (notsrch_r)

Data file: Egypt 2020-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 163135
Invalid: 118352
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 418
End: 422
Width: 5
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Failed to find a suitable job 729
0.4%
2 Lack of experience/qualifications 0
0%
3 Lack of jobs matching personal skills or occupation 364
0.2%
4 Lack of jobs with suitable wages 0
0%
5 Considered too young or too old by prospective employers 19
0%
6 Race/sex/religion discrimination 0
0%
7 Lack of infrastructure (assets roads/transportations) 0
0%
8 Lack of employment services 0
0%
9 Lack of social relationships 0
0%
10 Refusal by family 493
0.3%
11 Do not know effective ways for job searching 333
0.2%
12 Believed that no suitable job exists 0
0%
13 No jobs are available 1412
0.9%
14 Tired of looking for work 68
0%
15 Full time student 79708
48.9%
16 Homemaker/housewife 52911
32.4%
17 Pensioners/retired/disabled 19468
11.9%
18 Have income/revenue/means 0
0%
90 Others not elsewhere classified reasons 6563
4%
99 Not stated 1067
0.7%
Sysmiss 118352
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
For the "inactive" in the working age population, this variable should identify the main reason for which the individual is not searching for a job.
Universe
Inactive individuals aged 6+
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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All reasons are provided by the inactive individuals who are not working nor seeking a job because of discouragement or due to any of the known reasons of inactivity.



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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