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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2014

Egypt, 2014
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EGY_LFS_2014_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Egypt 2014-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 236423
Valid (weighted): 58194856.236
Invalid: 116917
Invalid (weighted): 28602574.703
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 52
End: 53
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2258

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 74240 18367800
31.6%
2 Married monogamous 142115 34901534
60%
3 Married polygamous 308 75709
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 2305 572216
1%
5 Widowed 17455 4277598
7.4%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 116917 28602575
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
Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, an individual can still be legally recognized as being in a relationship).
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)

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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There is no polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the male head. For the other individuals, we consider those having the status married as monogamous.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The "married polygamous" category was generated for the head of the household only if the number of spouses exceeds "1".
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