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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008

Egypt, 2008
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2008_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization And Statistics
Collections
Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
Metadata
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Apr 04, 2019
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Has social security coverage (SOCSEC)

Data file: Egypt 2008-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 100853
Valid (weighted): 22814728.027
Invalid: 229997
Invalid (weighted): 52269067.613
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 139
End: 140
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1770

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 56689 12603045
55.2%
1 Yes 43388 10033099
44%
99 Not stated 776 178584
0.8%
Sysmiss 229997 52269068
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 whether the employed individual is covered by a social security/insurance system.
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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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For those employed but temporary unpaid (MAS_D=130), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.
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