Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2021/2022

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021 - 2022

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Reference ID

EGY_HIECS_2021_HD_V3.0

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Sep 17, 2025

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Type of disability (PTDISABL)

Data file: Egypt21-IND-V3

Overview

Valid: 4080

Valid (weighted): 4138.652

Invalid: 46378

Invalid (weighted): 46017

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 51

End: 52

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1680

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Blindness	1109	1123	27.1%
2	Deafness	301	304	7.3%
3	Muteness	0	0	0%
4	Speech disability	0	0	0%
5	Walking disability	0	0	0%
6	Physical (movement) disability	1707	1755	42.4%
7	Limp disability	0	0	0%
8	Mental retardation	470	476	11.5%
9	Multiple disability	0	0	0%
10	Other	493	481	11.6%
Sysmiss		46378	46017

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 specifies, if available, the type of disability

Universe

Individuals reported disabled

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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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The raw data does not differentiate between impaired hearing and speech disability, both were coded 2 deafness.

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