Labor Market Panel Survey, ELMPS 2018

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2018
Labor Market Panel Surveys

Economic Research Forum

Variable Groups

Variable group: Characteristics of Return Migrants

Variables 51

q11001

11001. Have you ever worked abroad for 6 months or more?

q11002

11002. How many times did you go abroad for work?

q11003_1

11003_1. When was your first migration? Month

q11003_2

11003_2. When was your first migration? Year

q11004_1

11004_1. When did you return from your first migration? Month

q11004_2

11004_2. When did you return from your first migration? Year

q11005_1

11005_1. When was your final (most recent) migration? Month

q11005_2

11005_2. When was your final (most recent) migration? Year

q11006_1

11006_1. When did you return from your final (most recent) migration? Month

q11006_2

11006_2. When did you return from your final (most recent) migration? Year

q11007_1

11007_1. Select the name of the region:

q11007_2

11007_2. Select the name of the country:

q11008

11008. Why did you migrate?

q11009

11009. Did you migrate on your own or with other family members in your first mi

q11010

11010. What was your family's financial situation prior to your first migration?

q11011

11011. Did you have a visa/ official document to allow you to enter the country

q11012

11012. What type of visa/ official document was it?

q11013

11013. Did you get a work permit or residence permit while overseas?

q11014_1

11014_1. When did you get the work permit or residence permit? Month

q11014_2

11014_2. When did you get the work permit or residence permit? Year

q11015

11015. What was your average monthly income abroad in the year before returning

q11016

11016. How did your income during the last year abroad before your first return

q11017

11017. By how much higher was your income?

q11018

11018. What was your average monthly income abroad in the year before returning

q11019

11019. Were you saving while you were abroad?

q11020

11020. What was your average monthly savings while abroad in the year before ret

q11021

11021. What was your average monthly savings while abroad in the year before ret

q11022

11022. What was the primary method of saving you used while abroad?

q11023_1

11023_1. How did you use your overall savings upon your return? Primary use:

q11023_2

11023_2. How did you use your overall savings upon your return? Secondary use:

q11024

11024. Did you send remittances (monetary or in-kind) to your family while abroa

q11025

11025. Regular remittances: What was your average monthly remittances during the

q11026

11026. Regular remittances: What was your average monthly remittances during the

q11027

11027. Irregular remittances: What was your average remittances in the year duri

q11028

11028. Irregular remittances: What was your average remittances in the year duri

q11029_1a

11029_1. How did you finance your first migration? Primary source:

q11029_2b

11029_2. How did you finance your first migration? Secondary source:

q11030

11030. Did you pay anybody to facilitate your departure abroad?

q11031

11031. Who did you pay?

q11032

11032. How much did you pay?

q11033

11033. Did you have any family members, relatives, friends, or acquaintances liv

q11034_1

11034_1. Family members:

q11034_2

11034_2. Relatives:

q11034_3

11034_3. Friends/ acquaintances:

q11035

11035. Did any of these family members/ relatives/ friends help you?

q11036_1

11036_1. What was the main type of assistance they provided? Primary type:

q11036_2

11036_2. What was the main type of assistance they provided? Secondary type:

q11036_3

11036_3. What was the main type of assistance they provided? Third type:

q11037

11037. Who helped you in getting a job abroad?

q11038

11038. Were you planning to stay temporarily or permanently abroad?

q11039

11039. Why did you return from abroad?