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

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Apr 24, 2017

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Previously worked during the reference period (PRVWRK)

Data file: Egypt 2014-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 304273

Valid (weighted): 74806338.203

Invalid: 49067

Invalid (weighted): 11991092.736

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 156

End: 156

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2258

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	Never worked during the reference period	201189	49373567	66%
1	Employed but previous job is not reported	69142	17119674	22.9%
2	Employed & reported a previous job	30236	7381122	9.9%
3	Not working & reported a last held job	3706	931975	1.2%
Sysmiss		49067	11991093

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 6+

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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