Labor Force Survey 2006, Harmonized Dataset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006

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Reference ID

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

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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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