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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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Seeking additional employment during the reference period (SEEKWRK)

Data file: Egypt 2016-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 94852
Valid (weighted): 25395910.425
Invalid: 252752
Invalid (weighted): 65545315.575
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 129
End: 130
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1224

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 91037 24311383
95.7%
1 Yes 3327 937988
3.7%
99 Not stated 488 146540
0.6%
Sysmiss 252752 65545316
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 are looking for additional work during the reference period.
Universe
Employed individuals 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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The search reference period may be 1 week, 4 weeks or 6 months preceding the survey. This is country specific information, and is denoted in the comments.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For those employed but temporary unpaid (MAS_D=130), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.
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