Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey, HIECS 2021/2022
Egypt, Arab Rep., 2021 - 2022
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EGY_HIECS_2021_HD_V3.0
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Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics
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- Egypt21-HH-V3
- Egypt21-IND-V3
Occupation classification for the main job [Unrecoded version] (POCC_unrecoded)
Data file: Egypt21-IND-V3
Overview
Valid:
15030
Valid (weighted):
15081.656
Invalid:
35428
Invalid (weighted):
35073.997
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
77
End:
80
Width:
4
Range:
1 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V1680
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legislators, senior officials and managers | 1062 | 1079 |
7.2%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 1683 | 1736 |
11.5%
|
| 3 | Technicians and associate professionals | 1043 | 1020 |
6.8%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 796 | 750 |
5%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales | 3144 | 3226 |
21.4%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 2102 | 2060 |
13.7%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades | 2537 | 2514 |
16.7%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 1742 | 1789 |
11.9%
|
| 9 | Elementary occupations | 689 | 663 |
4.4%
|
| 10 | Armed Forces | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 9999 | Unspecified code | 232 | 244 |
1.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 35428 | 35074 |
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
Occupation classification for the main (current or last held) job, an unrecoded version presenting codes as collected and received in the original dataset
Universe
Ever-employed Active individuals aged 6+ years
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 variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed if previously employed).
While for Unemployed never previously employed, the variable was coded missing.
Active sample reported as "not stated (code 9999)" should normally include employed for whom the status was not identified and unemployed previously employed if status in last job is not reported.
Those unemployed and do not search for a job are considered inactive, hence their previous employment information, if they were ever active, is recoded missing.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Q509 indicates the occupation in the main job for those employed at the time of the survey, while Q520 indicates the occupation in the last held job for those reported as unemployed ever worked.
Ever employed individuals were identified using Q513 in the raw data, indicating if the individual has ever been employed for a period of 6 continuous months or more.
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The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed if previously employed).
While for Unemployed never previously employed, the variable was coded missing.
Active sample reported as "not stated (code 9999)" should normally include employed for whom the status was not identified and unemployed previously employed if status in last job is not reported.
Those unemployed and do not search for a job are considered inactive, hence their previous employment information, if they were ever active, is recoded missing.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Q509 indicates the occupation in the main job for those employed at the time of the survey, while Q520 indicates the occupation in the last held job for those reported as unemployed ever worked.
Ever employed individuals were identified using Q513 in the raw data, indicating if the individual has ever been employed for a period of 6 continuous months or more.