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Employment and Unemployment Survey, EUS 2013

Jordan, 2013
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Reference ID
JOR_EUS_2013_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Department of Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Mar 12, 2015
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Labor force status in the reference period (LFS)

Data file: Jordan13-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 143030
Valid (weighted): 145741.422
Invalid: 79149
Invalid (weighted): 76442.562
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 70
End: 71
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1230

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Active 54424 56616
38.8%
2 Inactive 88512 89026
61.1%
99 Not stated 94 99
0.1%
Sysmiss 79149 76443
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 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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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.


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