Labor Force Survey, LFS 2021

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2021_HD_V1

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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Dec 12, 2022

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Total weekly working hours in the main job (hrswk)

Data file: Egypt 2021-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 80503

Invalid: 232930

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 120

Mean: 42.446

Standard deviation: 13.203

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 2

Start: 272

End: 277

Width: 6

Range: 0 - 147

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

This variable reports the total number of hours the individual usually works during the week on his/her main job.

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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The number of hours usually worked, as defined by the ILO, is the typical value (may be the modal value) of hours actually worked in the job during a certain reference period.
This variable can help in assessing time-related underemployment (visible underemployment).

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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