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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2021

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2021_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Dec 12, 2022
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Labor force status in the reference period (lfs)

Data file: Egypt 2021-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 269644
Invalid: 43789
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 155
End: 159
Width: 5
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Active 86947
32.2%
2 Inactive 182697
67.8%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 43789
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
The current labor force status should distinguish between the active (employed or unemployed) and inactive individuals (out of the labor force).
Universe
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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Individuals are considered "active" in the labor force if they presently have a job (formal or informal, i.e. are employed) or do not have a job but are actively seeking work (i.e. unemployed). Those unemployed and do not seek a job are considered inactive.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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