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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2016

Egypt, 2016
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2016_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Seeking a job by seeking the assistance of friends/relatives/other intermediaries (SRCHACT_06)

Data file: Egypt 2016-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 11630
Valid (weighted): 3765483.932
Invalid: 335974
Invalid (weighted): 87175742.068
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 158
End: 158
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1224

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 2909 923395
24.5%
1 Yes 8721 2842089
75.5%
Sysmiss 335974 87175742
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 set of dummy variables should indicate the activity(ies) undertaken by the unemployed in their search efforts to find a job during the reference period.
Universe
Unemployed 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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Searching for a private project: includes searching for a land, premises, machinery, supplies, farming inputs, etc.
Online search: includes placing or updating the CV on professional or social networking sites.
Applying directly to the employer: includes checking worksites, farms, factories or other assembly places



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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