Labor Force Survey, LFS 2015

Egypt, 2015

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2015_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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Jan 13, 2018

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

Data file: Egypt 2015-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 12247

Valid (weighted): 3632052.489

Invalid: 345153

Invalid (weighted): 85260336.672

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 169

End: 169

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1805

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	10971	3236718	89.1%
1	Yes	1276	395334	10.9%
Sysmiss		345153	85260337

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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