Labor Force Survey, LFS 2021

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021

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EGY_LFS_2021_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

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Main activity status in the reference period [Standardized version] (mas)

Data file: Egypt 2021-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 269644

Invalid: 43789

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 160

End: 164

Width: 5

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
1	Employed	81498	30.2%
2	Unemployed	5449	2%
3	Homemaker (Housewife)	60963	22.6%
4	Student	89927	33.4%
5	Pensioners/retired/disabled	20601	7.6%
6	Others	11206	4.2%
99	Not stated	0	0%
Sysmiss		43789

Description

Definition

Main activity status with respect to the labor force, which distinguishes between the employed and the not employed. The employed are those for whom work is the main activity, while for all the others the main activity should attempt to distinguish between pensioners, students, and homemakers.

Universe

Individuals aged 6+

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

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Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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Unlike LFS, the main distinction in MAS is between “employed” and “not employed.”
- “Employed”: refers to those who, during the reference period, experienced any employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition).
- “Not Employed”: The rationale is that the individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed,” but use the unemployment time to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned their own category among the “Not Employed.”
Accordingly, "Not Employed" is classified into:
- Unemployed - individuals who are not employed comprise all who are "not in employment" but "currently available to take up employment" and carry out "activities to

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