Labor Force Survey, LFS 2019

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2019

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2019_HD_V2

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys

Metadata

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Previously worked during the reference period (PRVWRK)

Data file: Egypt 2019-LFS IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 217328

Invalid: 105629

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 316

End: 319

Width: 4

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Never worked during the reference period	131220	60.4%
1	Employed but previous job is not reported	84417	38.8%
2	Employed & reported a previous job	0	0%
3	Not working & reported a last held job	1691	0.8%
Sysmiss		105629

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 15+

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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