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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008

Egypt, 2008
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EGY_LFS_2008_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics
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Marital status of the head [Standardized version] (MARTHD)

Data file: Egypt 2008-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 75294
Invalid: 33
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 74
End: 75
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never married 1584
2.1%
2 Married monogamous 60815
80.8%
3 Married polygamous 250
0.3%
4 Divorced/Separated 674
0.9%
5 Widowed 11971
15.9%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 33
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.
Universe
Male Heads aged 18+
Female Heads aged 16+
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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This variable should not be imputed for household members for whom the information was not collected (i.e. it can only be generated for those to whom the question was asked since the youngest age at which the information is collected may differ depending on the survey).
Married only refers to formal marriages (including legally married).
Polygamous unions include males with multiple spouses. The number of spouses in the household can be used to indicate polygamy.


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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