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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
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Apr 04, 2019
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Reason for few weekly working hours is temporary absence from work (FHRSWK_R_08)

Data file: Egypt 2008-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 11284
Valid (weighted): 2523952.613
Invalid: 319566
Invalid (weighted): 72559843.027
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 152
End: 152
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1770

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 11129 2489083
98.6%
1 Yes 155 34870
1.4%
Sysmiss 319566 72559843
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 set of variables should provide the reason(s) for which an individual reported weekly working hours below a country specific threshold.
Universe
Employed individuals aged 6+ and working weekly less than 35 hours
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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The threshold used in such a variable may vary from one dataset to another. The variable's universe will denote the threshold used in each country.

Some of the reasons reported are called "involuntary reasons." They can be used with the criterion of usually working for hours below a certain threshold to define the "visible underemployment."


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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