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Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1996
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EGY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Work status (EG1996A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: EGY1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 188
End: 189
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="EG96A083 EG96A084 EG96A085 EG96A086 EG96A087 EG96A088 EG96A411 EG96A412 EG96A413 EG96A414 EG96A415 EG96A416 EG96A441"><span class="em">Persons six years and over</span><br />[Questions 8-11 were asked of persons 6 years and over.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EG96A083 EG96A411"><span class="em">8. Employment status</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Under age<br />[] 2 Employer<br />[] 3 Self-employed<br />[] 4 Employee<br />[] 5 Unpaid worker<br />[] 6 Seeking work (old)<br />[] 7 Seeking work (new)<br />[] 8 Student<br />[] 9 Housewife<br />[] 10 Not willing to work<br />[] 11 Retired<br />[] 12 Aged not working<br />[] 13 Unable to work</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
02 Employer
03 Self-employed
04 Employed
05 Unpaid worker
06 Unemployed
07 First-time work seeker
08 Student
09 Housewife/helps in the house
10 Not willing to work
11 Retired
12 Aged not working
13 Handicapped, unable to work
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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
This variable indicates the person's employment status.
Universe
Egypt 1996: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

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