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National Survey on Population and Employment, ENPE 2012

Tunisia, 2012
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TUN_ENPE_2012_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, National Institute of Statistics - Tunisia
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Labor force status in the reference period (LFS)

Data file: Tunisia 2012-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 374382
Valid (weighted): 8211246.23
Invalid: 122655
Invalid (weighted): 2546504
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 47
End: 48
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V521

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Active 165673 3924695
47.8%
2 Inactive 208709 4286551
52.2%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 122655 2546504
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 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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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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