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Labor Force Survey 2006, Harmonized Dataset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006
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Reference ID
EGY_2006_LFS_v01_M_v01_A_HD
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics
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Labor force status in the reference period (LFS)

Data file: Egypt 2006-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 84
End: 85
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V139

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Active
2 Inactive
99 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
The current labor force status should distinguish between the active (employed or unemployed) and inactive individuals (out of the labor force).
Universe
Individuals aged 6+
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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Individuals are considered "active" in the labor force if they presently have a job (formal or informal, i.e. are employed) or do not have a job but are actively seeking work (i.e. unemployed). Those unemployed and do not seek a job are considered inactive.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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