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Labour Force Sample Survey 2010

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2010
Reference ID
EGY_2010_LFS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Feb 19, 2014
Last modified
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    EGY_2010_LFS_v01_M
    Title

    Labour Force Sample Survey 2010
    Country
    Name Country code
    Egypt, Arab Rep. EGY
    Study type

    Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
    Series Information

    The Labour Force Sample Survey was first conducted in 1957. In 2006, significant methodological changes were introduced to the survey. Data collection for the Labour Force Sample Survey is carried out on a quarterly basis during the months of January, April, July and October.
    Abstract

    The objectives of the survey are to measure the Egyptian civilian labour force, the level of employment and unemployment, and the geographic distribution of the employed and unemployed populations.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis
    • Household
    • Individuals

    Scope

    Notes
    • Demographic characteristics
    • Main labour related characteristics
    • Other labour related characteristics

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National
    Universe

    Whole population excluding the following groups: Armed forces, non-settled population, persons living in institutions and foreigners

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics Egypt, Arab Rep.

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    21,352 ultimate sampling units per quarter
    Response Rate

    The percentage of all eligible ultimate sampling units that are interviewed is 92.5%

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2010 2010
    Data Collection Notes

    Data is collected throughout the whole three months using a moving reference period

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:
    Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. Egypt, Arab Rep. Labour Force Sample Survey (LFS) 2010. Ref. EGY_2010_LFS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation URL
    Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics Egypt, Arab Rep. http://www.capmas.gov.eg/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_EGY_2010_LFS_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2014-02-04

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (February 2014)
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