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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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Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV (SRCHACT_08)

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: 181
End: 181
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2258

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 12409 3044293
84.3%
1 Yes 2275 567433
15.7%
Sysmiss 338656 83185705
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 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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