Labor Force Survey, LFS 2010

Egypt, 2010

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EGY_LFS_2010_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Employment contract in the main job (EMPCONT)

Data file: Egypt 2010-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 105008

Valid (weighted): 24102809.49

Invalid: 238905

Invalid (weighted): 54305402.468

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 144

End: 146

Width: 3

Range: 100 - 999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2597

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
100	Yes	0	0	0%
110	Officially hired	23803	5511923	22.9%
120	Written contract for an unlimited duration	5749	1392772	5.8%
130	Written contract for a limited duration	5679	1337870	5.6%
140	Collective agreement	0	0	0%
150	Verbal agreement	0	0	0%
200	No contract	29063	6650815	27.6%
999	Not stated	40714	9209430	38.2%
Sysmiss		238905	54305402

Description

Definition

This variable should indicate whether the individual has an explicit (written or oral) or an implicit employment contract.

Universe

Employed individuals aged 6+

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

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

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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- Those reported to be officially hired are permanent workers at their main job. However, no official contract should be signed between them and their employers (e.g., governmental employees).
- Employees with a written contract for a limited duration are those for whom the main job will terminate after a fixed period of time or upon completion of a certain project/task.
- Employees with verbal or oral contracts are those for whom the main job started on the basis of a spoken agreement. Oral contracts are difficult to prove and enforce.
- The individuals for whom an employment contract would not be applicable given their employment status, should be coded 200 "No contract."
-This variable is important for measuring work stability, quality and decency.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The original variable indicating the work status (contr_type) is reported only for Waged workers. Thus, the generated variable for non wage workers is recoded "not stated".

In the case of Egypt LFS data, a written contract for an unlimited duration denotes a permanent contract, while that with a limited duration denotes a temporary contract.

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