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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
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Dec 05, 2019
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  • Egypt 2006-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Egypt 2006-LFS
    IND-V1

Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period (NOTSRCH_R)

Data file: Egypt 2006-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 159
End: 160
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V139

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Failed to find a suitable job
2 Lack of experience/qualifications
3 Lack of jobs matching personal skills or occupation
4 Lack of jobs with suitable wages
5 Considered too young or too old by prospective employers
6 Race/sex/religion discrimination
7 Lack of infrastructure (assets roads/transportations)
8 Lack of employment services
9 Lack of social relationships
10 Refusal by family
11 Do not know effective ways for job searching
12 Believed that no suitable job exists
13 No jobs are available
14 Tired of looking for work
15 Full time student
16 Homemaker/housewife
17 Pensioners/retired/disabled
18 Have income/revenue/means
90 Others not elsewhere classified reasons
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
For the "inactive" in the working age population, this variable should identify the main reason for which the individual is not searching for a job.
Universe
Inactive individuals aged 6+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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All reasons are provided by the inactive individuals who are not working nor seeking a job because of discouragement or due to any of the known reasons of inactivity.



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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