Labor Force Survey, LFS 2014

Egypt, 2014

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2014_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

Collections

Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

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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 2014-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 14684

Valid (weighted): 3611726.381

Invalid: 338656

Invalid (weighted): 83185704.558

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 175

End: 175

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2258

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	12057	2963977	82.1%
1	Yes	2627	647750	17.9%
Sysmiss		338656	83185705

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 INDs 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 CV 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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