Labor Force Survey, LFS 2019

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2019

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EGY_LFS_2019_HD_V2

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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Egypt 2019-LFS IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 196874

Invalid: 126083

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 71

End: 75

Width: 5

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never married	47319	24%
2	Married monogamous	130187	66.1%
3	Married polygamous	180	0.1%
4	Divorced/Separated	3205	1.6%
5	Widowed	15973	8.1%
99	Not stated	10	0%
Sysmiss		126083

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

Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, an individual can still be legally recognized as being in a relationship).

Universe

Individuals aged 18+

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

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Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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There is no polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the male head. For the other individuals, we consider those having the status married as monogamous.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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