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Labor Force Survey 2006, Harmonized Dataset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006
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EGY_2006_LFS_v01_M_v01_A_HD
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics
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Marital status of the head [Detailed version] (MARTHD_D)

Data file: Egypt 2006-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 155
End: 160
Width: 6
Range: 100 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
100 Never married
200 Married monogamous
210 Legally married
220 Married
300 Married polygamous
400 Divorced/Separated
410 Separated
420 Divorced
500 Widowed
999 Not stated
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 of the head (detailed version of coding).
Universe
Male Heads aged 18+
Female Heads aged 16+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
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 "married polygamous" category was generated for the head of the household only if the number of spouses exceeds "1". The code "1" in the original variable indicating those below the question age category were recoded missing.
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