Labor Force Survey, LFS 2017

Egypt, 2017

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2017_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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May 30, 2019

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Employment stability in the main job (EMPSTAB)

Data file: Egypt 2017-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 91405

Valid (weighted): 26060665.613

Invalid: 243991

Invalid (weighted): 69591316.536

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 136

End: 137

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1797

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Full time/Regular	67640	18916221	72.6%
2	Part time/Temporary	5040	1698302	6.5%
3	Seasonal/Irregular	18573	5391657	20.7%
99	Not stated	152	54485	0.2%
Sysmiss		243991	69591317

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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