Labor Force Survey, LFS 2016

Egypt, 2016

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2016_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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Jan 13, 2018

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Level of schooling presently attending (ENROL)

Data file: Egypt 2016-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 102358

Valid (weighted): 26208251.223

Invalid: 245246

Invalid (weighted): 64732974.777

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 73

End: 74

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1224

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Primary	48226	10867562	41.5%
2	Lower secondary	22848	5518417	21.1%
3	Higher secondary- academic	9858	2889470	11%
4	Higher secondary- technical/vocational	9473	2717420	10.4%
5	Post secondary- technical	885	296595	1.1%
6	University	10168	3662305	14%
7	Postgraduate	256	99530	0.4%
8	Other	644	156954	0.6%
99	Not stated	0	0	0%
Sysmiss		245246	64732975

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 ideally provides information on the level of education in which the individual is enrolled.

Universe

Currently enrolled 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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The universe of this variable covers the individuals attending school at the time of the survey (ATTSCH=1), and will be coded missing for others.
If the type of secondary school is not specified, it is assumed to be academic (Code 3).
For the surveys in which no distinction is provided between university and post university, they are considered to be university.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The code "0" in the original variable indicating those below the question age category / not currently enrolled were recoded missing.

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