Labor Force Survey, LFS 2007

Egypt, 2007

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2007_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Apr 04, 2019

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Previously worked during the reference period (PRVWRK)

Data file: Egypt 2007-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 289347

Valid (weighted): 64237962.717

Invalid: 41658

Invalid (weighted): 9185104.285

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 216

End: 216

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2258

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	Never worked during the reference period	187372	41731560	65%
1	Employed but previous job is not reported	80319	17836468	27.8%
2	Employed AND reported a previous job	20908	4499935	7%
3	Not working AND reported a last held job	748	170000	0.3%
Sysmiss		41658	9185104

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 should identify those who have previously been employed for pay or for profit for a continuous period of time.

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)

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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This information is collected for all individuals in the working-age population to identify those who have previously experienced any employment during the reference period.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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