Labor Force Survey, LFS 2011

Egypt, 2011

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2011_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

Collections

Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Apr 24, 2017

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Seeking a job by registering with a public/private employment service (SRCHACT_02)

Data file: Egypt 2011-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 13913

Valid (weighted): 3042663.055

Invalid: 358471

Invalid (weighted): 77353143.825

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 243

End: 243

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2302

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	12414	2711523	89.1%
1	Yes	1499	331140	10.9%
Sysmiss		358471	77353144

Description

Definition

This set of dummy variables should indicate the activity(ies) undertaken by the unemployed in their search efforts to find a job during the reference period.

Universe

Unemployed 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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"Searching for a private project" includes searching for a land, premises, machinery, supplies, farming inputs, etc.
"Online search" includes placing or updating the résumé on professional or social networking sites.
"Applying directly to the employer" includes checking worksites, farms, factories or other assembly places.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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