Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008
Egypt, 2008
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2008_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics
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Egypt 2008-LFS
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Egypt 2008-LFS
IND-V1
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version] (INDPRV)
Data file: Egypt 2008-LFS IND-V1
Overview
Valid:
23542
Valid (weighted):
5113985.336
Invalid:
307308
Invalid (weighted):
69969810.304
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
224
End:
226
Width:
3
Range:
10 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V1770
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 32 | 7173 |
0.1%
|
| 20 | Mining and quarrying | 1 | 253 |
0%
|
| 30 | Manufacturing | 89 | 21414 |
0.4%
|
| 40 | Electricity, gas and water supply | 4 | 930 |
0%
|
| 50 | Construction | 105 | 25673 |
0.5%
|
| 60 | Wholesale and retail trade | 132 | 32590 |
0.6%
|
| 70 | Transportation and storage | 30 | 7319 |
0.1%
|
| 80 | Accommodation and food service activities | 44 | 10564 |
0.2%
|
| 90 | Information and communication | 15 | 3604 |
0.1%
|
| 100 | Financial and insurance activities | 1 | 249 |
0%
|
| 110 | Real estate, professional and support service activities | 37 | 9069 |
0.2%
|
| 120 | Public administration and defense | 15 | 3545 |
0.1%
|
| 130 | Education | 43 | 9658 |
0.2%
|
| 140 | Human health and social work activities | 8 | 1926 |
0%
|
| 150 | Other activities | 22 | 5322 |
0.1%
|
| 998 | Unspecified | 1 | 216 |
0%
|
| 999 | Not stated | 22963 | 4974482 |
97.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 307308 | 69969810 |
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
Standardized economic activity classification of the previous/last held job.
Universe
Ever-employed and reported a previous job INDs 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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In many datasets, national classifications are used to code the detailed data collected. In such cases, if the aggregated data is provided by the statistical office, no attempt to correct the original variable is done.
The category "Wholesale and retail trade" includes the repair activities of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
The category "Real estate, administrative, professional and support service activities" includes: Real estate, renting and business activities; professional, scientific and technical activities; in addition to administrative and support service activities.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For those who were employed at the time of the survey, no information was provided on the Economic activity of their previous work. Only the economic activity of the last held job for the unemployed was available. Thus, for the 22,963 cases reported as employed and reported a previous job, the economic activity of their previous job was recoded "not stated".
As stated in the methodology part of the report provided with the dataset from CAPMAS, the economic activity variable's codes were recoded based on the economic activity classification index issued in January 1996.
----------------------
In many datasets, national classifications are used to code the detailed data collected. In such cases, if the aggregated data is provided by the statistical office, no attempt to correct the original variable is done.
The category "Wholesale and retail trade" includes the repair activities of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
The category "Real estate, administrative, professional and support service activities" includes: Real estate, renting and business activities; professional, scientific and technical activities; in addition to administrative and support service activities.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
----------------------------------
For those who were employed at the time of the survey, no information was provided on the Economic activity of their previous work. Only the economic activity of the last held job for the unemployed was available. Thus, for the 22,963 cases reported as employed and reported a previous job, the economic activity of their previous job was recoded "not stated".
As stated in the methodology part of the report provided with the dataset from CAPMAS, the economic activity variable's codes were recoded based on the economic activity classification index issued in January 1996.