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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2012

Egypt, 2012
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EGY_LFS_2012_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Egypt 2012-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 249161
Valid (weighted): 55675931.575
Invalid: 121129
Invalid (weighted): 26850875.596
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 52
End: 53
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2099

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 79914 17917035
32.2%
2 Married monogamous 149838 33423903
60%
3 Married polygamous 299 64629
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 2091 474163
0.9%
5 Widowed 17019 3796201
6.8%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 121129 26850876
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
Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, an individual can still be legally recognized as being in a relationship).
Universe
Individuals aged 15+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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There is no polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the male head. For the other individuals, we consider those having the status married as monogamous.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The "married polygamous" category was generated for the head of the household only if the number of spouses exceeds "1".
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