General Census for Population, Housing and Establishments 2006

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006

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EGY_POP_CENSUS_2006_V1.0

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Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Main activity status in the reference period (MAS)

Data file: Egypt 2006-CENSUS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 6203749

Invalid: 1033640

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 45

End: 46

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Employed	1986616	32%
2	Unemployed	213750	3.4%
3	Homemaker (Housewife)	1649901	26.6%
4	Student	1861911	30%
5	Pensioners/retired/disabled	340335	5.5%
6	Others	151236	2.4%
99	Not stated	0	0%
Sysmiss		1033640

Description

Definition

Main activity status with respect to the labor force, which distinguishes between the employed and the not employed. The employed are those for whom work is the main activity, while for all the others the main activity should attempt to distinguish between pensioners, students, and homemakers.

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)

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Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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Unlike LFS, the main distinction in MAS is between “employed” and “not employed.”
- “Employed”: refers to those who, during the reference period, experienced any employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition).
- “Not Employed”: The rationale is that the individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed,” but use the unemployment time to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned their own category among the “Not Employed.”
Accordingly, "Not Employed" is classified into:
- Unemployed - individuals who are not employed comprise all who are "not in employment" but "currently available to take up employment" and carry out "activities to

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