Labor Force Survey, LFS 2018

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2018

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2018_HD_V3

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Level of schooling presently attending (ENROL)

Data file: Egypt 2018-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 100203

Valid (weighted): 28466523.886

Invalid: 223476

Invalid (weighted): 68475957.857

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 99

End: 100

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V1961

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Primary	45985	11806953	41.5%
2	Lower secondary	22200	5979565	21%
3	Higher secondary- academic	9926	3133085	11%
4	Higher secondary- technical/vocational	9745	2967140	10.4%
5	Post secondary- technical	834	288933	1%
6	University	10598	4009574	14.1%
7	Postgraduate	176	73721	0.3%
8	Other	738	207381	0.7%
99	Not stated	1	171	0%
Sysmiss		223476	68475958

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 ideally provides information on the level of education in which the individual is enrolled.

Universe

Currently enrolled 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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The universe of this variable covers the individuals attending school at the time of the survey (ATTSCH=1), and will be coded missing for others.
If the type of secondary school is not specified, it is assumed to be academic (Code 3).
For the surveys in which no distinction is provided between university and post university, they are considered to be university.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The code "0" in the original variable indicating those below the question age category / not currently enrolled were recoded missing.

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