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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2017

Egypt, 2017
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Reference ID
EGY_LFS_2017_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
Metadata
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May 30, 2019
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Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV (SRCHACT_08)

Data file: Egypt 2017-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 9541
Valid (weighted): 3473769.324
Invalid: 325855
Invalid (weighted): 92178212.824
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V1797

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 5881 2403778
69.2%
1 Yes 3660 1069991
30.8%
Sysmiss 325855 92178213
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 dummy variables should indicate the activity(ies) undertaken by the unemployed in their search efforts to find a job during the reference period.
Universe
Unemployed individuals aged 15+
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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Searching for a private project: includes searching for a land, premises, machinery, supplies, farming inputs, etc.
Online search: includes placing or updating the CV on professional or social networking sites.
Applying directly to the employer: includes checking worksites, farms, factories or other assembly places



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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