Labor Force Survey, LFS 2014

Egypt, 2014

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2014_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Apr 24, 2017

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Employment stability in the main job (EMPSTAB)

Data file: Egypt 2014-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 99378

Valid (weighted): 24500796.22

Invalid: 253962

Invalid (weighted): 62296634.719

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 120

End: 121

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2258

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Full time/Regular	74282	18350474	74.9%
2	Part time/Temporary	4420	1104017	4.5%
3	Seasonal/Irregular	20414	4982185	20.3%
99	Not stated	262	64120	0.3%
Sysmiss		253962	62296635

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

This variable indicates whether the employed individual is engaged in a regular or an irregular job.

Universe

Employed individuals aged 6+

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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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For those employed but temporary unpaid (MAS_D=130), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.

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