Labor Force Survey 2013, Economic Research Forum (ERF) Harmonization Data

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2013

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EGY_2013_LFS_v01_M_v01_A_ERF

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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Total monthly wage from the regular main job of the head (TOTWAGHD)

Data file: Egypt 2013-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 2

Start: 216

End: 223

Width: 8

Range: -

Format:

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the total monthly wage the head, reported waged worker, received from the main job, including bonuses, benefits, allowances, profits, etc.

Universe

Waged Workers Heads aged 6+

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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The value of the total wage reported in this variable should equal the value of the basic wage in addition to bonuses, benefits, allowances, profits, etc.

When the original dataset has only wage categories, the total wage is calculated as the midpoint of the range provided.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The original variable (wg_basic) is reported for wage workers and regular employment only.
The weekly, monthly and yearly wages in pounds are provided. The weekly wages were multiplied by 4 and the monthly wages were divided by 12 to generate a new total variable of monthly wages.

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