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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2022

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2022
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EGY_LFS_2022_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Data file: Egypt 2022-LFS IND-V1

The individual data file contains generated individual-level harmonized variables, subject to availability, enveloped in the following categories:
- File identification and information
- Demographics
- Nationality and immigration
- Education
- Current labor status
- Employment in main job
- Wages and incomes
- Employment in secondary job
- Last held job characteristics
- Unemployment characteristics
- Inactivity reason(s)

In cross-sectional datasets, both CASESER and PNUM are used to uniquely identify an individual.
In panel data, the ROUND, CASESER and PNUM are required to uniquely identify a certain individual, while the HPNLID and PPNLID variables are used to identify paneled individuals.

Cases: 299423
Variables: 106

Variables

country
Country
year
Survey year
round
Survey round
dtype
Data type
caseser
Unique household identifier
pnum
Individual identifier
pweight
Individual weight
reg
Region
rururb
Urban/Rural residence
age
Age
sex
Gender
mart
Marital status [Standardized version]
mart_d
Marital status [Detailed version]
rel
Relationship to head [Standardized version]
rel_d
Relationship to head [Detailed version]
immigr
Immigration status
bir
Is the individual born in his/her current residence place
curresd_r
Reason for moving to the current place of residence
disabl
Disability status
tdisabl_01
Type of disability/Visual
tdisabl_02
Type of disability/Hearing
tdisabl_03
Type of disability/Remembering and focusing
tdisabl_04
Type of disability/Walk or climb stairs
tdisabl_05
Type of disability/Self-care
tdisabl_06
Type of disability/Communication with others
lit
Literacy status
everattd
Ever attended school
attsch
School attendance status
educ
Educational level [Standardized version]
educ_d
Educational level [Detailed version]
certif
Certificate specialization
certif_isced_2017
Certificate specialization [ISCED-2017-7 digits]
gradyr
Year of graduation
yeduc
Number of effective years of schooling
enrol
Level of schooling presently attending
mas_d
Main activity status in the reference period [Detailed version]
lfs
Labor force status in the reference period
mas
Main activity status in the reference period [Standardized version]
emps
Status of employment in the main job during the reference period
occ
Occupation classification of the main job [Standardized version]
occ_08
Occupation classification of the main job [Standardized version [ISCO 2008-1 dig
occ_isco88_4
Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO 1988-4 digits]
occ_isco08_4
Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO 2008-4 digit]
occ_com_4
Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO-08 to ISCO-88 4-digits crosswalk
ind
Economic activity classification of the main job [Standardized version]
ind_isic4_4
Economic activity classification of the main job [ISIC Rev.4-4 digits]
sector
Sector of employment of the main job [Standardized version]
sector_d
Sector of employment of the main job [Detailed version]
wrkplc
Workplace of the main job
gwrkplc
Geographical workplace of the main job
tenure
Tenure in the main job
empstab
Employment stability in the main job
empcont
Employment contract in the main job
benefit_01
Individual benefits from/receives Contribution to the pension/end of service fun
benefit_02
Individual benefits from/receives Leave in-lieu/paid annual leave from employer
benefit_03
Individual benefits from/receives Paid sick leave from employer
hlthins
Has health insurance
socsec
Has social security coverage
estab
Working in an establishment at the main job
numwrk
Number of workers in establishment of the main job
hrswk
Total weekly working hours in the main job
rduswrkd_r_cvd
Workdays decreased last week due to Coronavirus
fhrswk_r_01
Reason for few weekly working hours is Official working hours < 35
fhrswk_r_02
Reason for few weekly working hours is Work conditions
fhrswk_r_04
Reason for few weekly working hours is Unavailability of additional work
fhrswk_r_05
Reason for few weekly working hours is Unsatisfactory wages
fhrswk_r_08
Reason for few weekly working hours is Temporary absence from work
fhrswk_r_09
Reason for few weekly working hours is Unwillingness to do extra work
seekwrk
Seeking additional employment during the reference period
wntchj
Want to change the main job/get an additional job
secjob
Has a secondary job during the reference period
occsc
Occupation classification of the secondary job [Standardized version]
occsc_08
Occupation classification of the secondary job [Standardized version [ISCO 2008-
occsc_isco88_4
Occupation classification of the secondary job [ISCO 1988-4 digits]
occsc_isco08_4
Occupation classification of the secondary job [ISCO 2008-4 digits]
hrswksc
Total weekly working hours in secondary job
totwag
Total monthly wage from the regular main job
irrgwag
Total daily wages from seasonal/irregular jobs
empinc
Total monthly income (for employers) from the main job
sempinc
Total monthly income (for self-employed) from the main job
rdus_wag_inc_cvd
Coronavirus caused a decrease in wage/income
rdus_ratio_cvd
A reduction ratio
prvwrk
Previously worked during the reference period
occprv
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
occprv_08
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version [I
occprv_isco88_4
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 1988-4 digits]
occprv_isco08_4
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 2008-4 digits]
indprv
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
indprv_isic4_4
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [ISIC Rev.4-4 digits]
sectorprv
Sector of employment of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
sectorprv_d
Sector of employment of the previous/last held job [Detailed version]
lvprvj_r
Reason for leaving the previous/last held job
lvprvj_r_cvd
Stopped working due to Coronavirus
unempdur
Unemployment duration in months
srchact_01
Seeking a job by registering with government offices/ministries
srchact_02
Seeking a job by registering with a public/private employment service
srchact_03
Seeking a job by participating in employment competitions
srchact_04
Seeking a job by arranging for financial resources/applying for permits/licenses
srchact_05
Seeking a job by searching for a private project
srchact_06
Seeking a job by seeking the assistance of friends/relatives/other intermediaries
srchact_07
Seeking a job by applying directly to the employer
srchact_08
Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV
srchact_09
Seeking a job through online job searching
srchact_10
Seeking a job by waiting in a gathering place
srchact_90
Seeking a job through other activities not elsewhere classified
notsrch_r
Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period
Total: 106
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