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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2019

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2019
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EGY_LFS_2019_HD_V2
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys
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Labor force status in the reference period (LFS)

Data file: Egypt 2019-LFS IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 282475
Invalid: 40482
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 2
Start: 144
End: 148
Width: 5
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Active 90510
32%
2 Inactive 191965
68%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 40482
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
The current labor force status should distinguish between the active (employed or unemployed) and inactive individuals (out of the labor force).
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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Individuals are considered "active" in the labor force if they presently have a job (formal or informal, i.e. are employed) or do not have a job but are actively seeking work (i.e. unemployed). Those unemployed and do not seek a job are considered inactive.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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