Labor Force Survey, LFS 2012

Egypt, 2012

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Reference ID

EGY_LFS_2012_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Central Agency For Public Mobilization & Statistics

Collections

Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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May 31, 2016

Last modified

May 20, 2018

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Seeking a job by registering with government offices/ministries (SRCHACT_01)

Data file: Egypt 2012-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 14544

Valid (weighted): 3272972.023

Invalid: 355746

Invalid (weighted): 79253835.148

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 172

End: 172

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2099

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	No	7738	1751762	53.5%
1	Yes	6806	1521210	46.5%
Sysmiss		355746	79253835

Description

Definition

This set of dummy variables should indicate the activity(ies) undertaken by the unemployed in their search efforts to find a job during the reference period.

Universe

Unemployed INDs aged 15+

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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Searching for a private project: includes searching for a land, premises, machinery, supplies, farming inputs, etc.
Online search: includes placing or updating the CV on professional or social networking sites.
Applying directly to the employer: includes checking worksites, farms, factories or other assembly places

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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