Labor Force Survey, LFS 2020

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2020

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EGY_LFS_2020_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Employment contract in the main job (empcont)

Data file: Egypt 2020-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 50765

Invalid: 230722

Minimum: 125

Maximum: 200

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 242

End: 247

Width: 6

Range: 100 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
100	Yes	0	0%
110	Officially hired	0	0%
120	Written contract for an unlimited duration	0	0%
125	Unlimited contract (including officially hired in government	17187	33.9%
130	Written contract for a limited duration	3997	7.9%
140	Collective agreement	0	0%
150	Verbal agreement	0	0%
200	No contract	29581	58.3%
999	Not stated	0	0%
Sysmiss		230722

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 should indicate whether the individual has an explicit (written or oral) or an implicit employment contract.

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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- Those reported to be officially hired are permanent workers at their main job. However, no official contract should be signed between them and their employers (e.g., governmental employees).
- Employees with a written contract for a limited duration are those for whom the main job will terminate after a fixed period of time or upon completion of a certain project/task.
- Employees with verbal or oral contracts are those for whom the main job started on the basis of a spoken agreement. Oral contracts are difficult to prove and enforce.
- The individuals for whom an employment contract would not be applicable given their employment status, should be coded 200 "No contract."
-This variable is important for measuring work stability, quality and decency.

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