Egypt

1.Series

Title:

Registered unemployment..

Starting year:

1959.

2.Agency making the initial registrations of unemployed persons

Name of the agency:

Ministry of Manpower and Migration (local offices).

Type of agency:

Public service under national and local authorities.

Name of the national authority:

Ministry of Manpower and Migration.

Location of the local offices making the registrations:

In all parts of the country with at least one office in every district; district offices are directed by the main office of the city.

Type of services provided/administered by the agency:

Assisting job-seekers to find jobs;

Assisting employers to find workers;

Vocational guidance;

Job-related training;

Paying unemployment compensation;

Other: Certain offices help applicants to find jobs abroad.

Percentage of job-seekers seeking work through the agency:

8.14%.

3.The following information is registered about a person:

Name;

Sex;

Social security number (or similar identification number also used by other agencies);

Address of usual residence;

Age;

Citizenship;

Nationality/ethnic group;

Educational/vocational attainment, with 6 categories distinguished. Links to ISCED have been established;

Current/past activity status, with 3 categories distinguished;

Type of work (occupation) of past or present job. Links to ISCO-88 have not been established;

Type of work (occupation of job sought, with 10 categories distinguished. Links to ISCO-88 have not been established;

Name and address of present or previous employer or work place;

Previous registrations with the agency/service.

4.Criteria used for inclusion of a person in the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

Being without work (R) and (S);

Seeking work (R) and (S);

Availability for work (R) and (S);

Age (lower limit: 12 years; no upper limit) (R) and (S);

Citizenship (R) and (S);

Being resident in the country (R) and (S);

Previously employed (R) and (S).

5.Criteria used for exclusion of a person from the registers (R) and/or the statistics of unemployed persons (S):

Death (R) and (S);

Commencement of a (new) job (R) and (S);

Failure to contact the agency/service (R) and (S);

Inability to work (R) and (S).

6.Definition of unemployed persons used for the statistics

(i) Unemployed persons who have worked previously, who have the ability and desire to work and who are seeking work;

(ii) Newcomers to the labour market, who have not worked before, who have the ability and desire to work and who are seeking work;

(iii) Persons already working, but who are looking for a better job, either because their job does not suit them, or does not satisfy them economically or for any other reason.

7.Updating of the registers

The registers are updated monthly.

8.Unemployment rates

Statistics from the registers are used to obtain unemployment rates.

The sources of data on employed persons who are part of the denominator of the unemployment rates are the Labour Force Survey and the Population Census.

Definition of employed persons for this purpose:

Persons who work in an economic activity.

9.Type of statistics of unemployed persons produced

Reference period:

Month.

Frequency of production:

Quarterly; Yearly.

Descriptive variables used:

Sex;

Educational level;

Occupation;

Industry;

Geographic characteristics;

Previous work experience;

Citizenship (nationals/non nationals).

Form of publication:

On paper, for limited audience;

Machine-readable form, on request;

On the website of the Ministry of Manpower and Migration.

Agency responsible for publication:

Ministry of Manpower Migration.

Periodicity of publication:

Quarterly; Yearly.

10.Methodological information about the statistics

Form of release:

In machine-readable form, on request;

On the website of the Ministry of Manpower and Migration.

Agency responsible for the release:

Ministry of Manpower and Migration.

11.Comparisons with unemployment statistics from other sources

Comparisons have been made with unemployment statistics from the Labour Force Survey and the Population Census.

Frequency of the comparisons:

Occasionally.

Publication of the methodology/results of the comparisons:

These have not been published.

12.Major changes since the start of the statistics

There have been no major changes in legislation, capacity of the agency and/or administrative procedures which had a significant influence on the statistics.