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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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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May 31, 2016

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Employment contract in the main job (EMPCONT)

Data file: Egypt 2012-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 106960

Valid (weighted): 23958937.277

Invalid: 263330

Invalid (weighted): 58567869.894

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 114

End: 116

Width: 3

Range: 100 - 999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2099

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
100	Yes	0	0	0%
110	Officially hired	25762	5811055	24.3%
120	Written contract for an unlimited duration	6436	1487093	6.2%
130	Written contract for a limited duration	5413	1245379	5.2%
140	Collective agreement	0	0	0%
150	Verbal agreement	0	0	0%
200	No contract	28109	6282604	26.2%
999	Not stated	41240	9132807	38.1%
Sysmiss		263330	58567870

Description

Definition

This variable should indicate whether the individual has an explicit (written or oral) or an implicit employment contract.

Universe

Employed individuals 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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- Those reported to be officially hired are permanent workers at their main job. However, no official contract should be signed between them and their employers (e.g., governmental employees).
- Employees with a written contract for a limited duration are those for whom the main job will terminate after a fixed period of time or upon completion of a certain project/task.
- Employees with verbal or oral contracts are those for whom the main job started on the basis of a spoken agreement. Oral contracts are difficult to prove and enforce.
- The individuals for whom an employment contract would not be applicable given their employment status, should be coded 200 "No contract."
-This variable is important for measuring work stability, quality and decency.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The original variable indicating the work status (contr_type) is reported only for Waged workers.

In the case of Egypt LFS data, a written contract for an unlimited duration denotes a permanent contract, while that with a limited duration denotes a temporary contracc

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