Labour force sample survey 2018

Egypt, 2018

Reference ID

EGY_2018_LFS_v01_M_ILO_VAR

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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS)

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Labour force surveys Child labour surveys

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Data file: EGY_LFS_2018_FULL

Cases:	323679
Variables:	289
Producer:	Rapi

Variables

govern

Governorates

urb

Urban/Rural

section

Qism

village_ser

Serial number of the family in shiakha/ village

govern_ser

Governorates

psu_no

Number of the sampling unit

psu_family_ser

Serial number of the family in primary sampling unit

followed_no

Followed_number

year

Survey year

period

Round number

per_no_1

Individual number

per_no_reply

Number of line (name) respondant

family_relation

What is the relation of (name) with the head of household?

gender

Sex

birth_month

Month of birth

birth_year

What's the date of birth (name) (year)?

age

How old is (name) with complete years? (Less than a year is zero zero)

education_situation

Education Enrollment

non_education_reason

What is the main reason for not enrolling in education?

non_education_reason_other

What is the main reason for not enrolling in education? (Other)

education_last_stage

What is the last educational level that has been joined?

education_last_grad

What's the class of (name) ?

education_stop_reason

What is the main reason for stopping your education?

education_stop_reason_other

What is the main reason for stopping your education?(Other)

education_now_stage

What's the currently joined educational level and class of (name) ?

education_now_grad

What's the class of (name) ?

education_state

What's the last Level completed by (name) successfully?

qualification

Who have higher education: (What's the last qualification and your major in deta

qualification_text

The name of qualification

special_text

Name of the specialization

qualification_year

What is the graduation (qualification) year (name)?

illitaracy

Illiteracy

trainning_yn

Did the individual receive any kind of training during the past 12 months?

trainning_from

Which agency or ministry the individual received training?

trainning_qualification

What is the subject of the training course?

trainning_qualification_text

What is the duration of the course of training / vocational specialization-TEXT

trainning_period

What is the duration of the course of training / vocational specialization?

marriage_state

What is the marital status (for the name)?

disability

Does (name) face any physical \ mental \ sense disability that prevent him from

disability_type

What are the most important disability (name) suffered from ?

disability_degree

What is the degree of suffering?

change_address_yn

Have you ever changed your current place of residence since your birth (includin

govern_address_before

What is the previous place of residence (of the current) (governorate)?

section_address_before

Previous place of residence of the current (City/ Qism / Shiakha)

section_address_before_text

Previous place of residence of the current (City/ Qism / Shiakha)

urb_address_before

Previous place of residence of the current (Urban / Rural)

country_address_before

Previous residence of the current one (country)

country_address_text

Previous residence of the current one (country)

change_address_year

In which year did you change your currently place of residence?

change_address_cause

What was the main reason for moving to your current residence?

change_address_cause_other

What was the main reason for moving to your current residence?- other

per_no_2

Individual number

per_desc_reply_2

Who is the respondent?

work_last_week

during the last week, Did you work even an hour? to obtain profit/ wage?

work_releated

Did you enroll in ajob for profit/ wage?

work_relationship_type

Describe the kind of work

work_for_sale_01

Participate in agricultural production (collecting grass/collecting crops/planti

work_for_sale_02

Breeding birds/ caring cattel

work_for_sale_03

Collecting fuel/manure/firewood

work_for_sale_04

Prepare vegetables/food for others- butter/ cheese

work_for_sale_05

Prepare sewing / embroidery / crochet

work_for_sale_06

Provide services to others in home/shop/hotel

work_for_sale_07

Straw products/Palm fronds//textiles/cords

work_for_sale_08

Provide services to others in home/shop/hotel

work_for_sale_09

Handicraft work for pay

work_for_sale_10

Selling good in market/ street vendor/ home

work_for_sale_11

Sell and buy products

work_for_sale_12

Helping in construction works

work_for_sale_13

Fishing

work_for_sale_14

Learning technical work

work_start_year

When did you start working for the first time at least during continous 6 months

work_relationship_state

What is your status in your job?(main)

work_at_establish

Do you work in establishment?

establish_work_year

When did (name) start working in this establishment?

govern_work

What is the workplace (Governorates)?

section_work

What is the workplace (city / kism / markaz)

section_work_text

What is the workplace (city / kism / markaz)

urb_work

What is the workplace (urban / rural)?

sector

Which sector that your work belongs to....?

sector_other

Which sector that your work belongs to....(other)?

employee_count

How many persons worked in your establishement "Including you"?

accounting_est_yn

Does the establishment you work for have a regular accounting record?

commercial_est_yn

Does the establishment you work for have a commercial / industrial registry?

insurance_est_yn

Does the establishment you work for have an insurance number?

org_yn

Does your work follow any organization such as produced households, any developm

activity

What is the main activity of the establishment you work for or the job you worke

activity_text

The name of the main activity of the establishment

job

What kind of work do you usually do in the (main) job ?

job_text

Job name

job_period

How long were you practicing this job?

last_week_hours

How many actual hours did you work last week? (main work)

insurance_shared

Does (Name) have social insurance from this work?

healthy_shared

Does (Name) have medical insurance from this work?

regular_leave

Does (name) get paid vacations or instead of holidays ?

sick_leave

Does (the name) get sick paid/ sick leave/ instead of holidays?

compensation

Will (name) receive end-of-service compensation / bonus?

work_place_describe

What is the discribtion of your work place (Name)?

work_place_describe_other

What is the discribtion of your work place (Name)?-other

work_estability

How is your stability in your main Job (basic)?

q_229

For Interviewer (check Q207)

contract_type

What kind of employment contract?

contract_period

What is the duration of your contract?

q_232

For Interviewer (check Q228)

cashing_period

What is your net wages from your work according to the wage rates?

salary

The value of wage in Egyptian pounds

salary_avrge_day

What is the average of your daily wage in Egyptian pounds?

releate_work_before

Before joining with this establishment/before working in job outside the establi

extra_work_yn

Did you/ (....) seek for additional work during the week ending for the purpose

extra_work_relationship_state

What is your employment status in your second job?

extra_job

What kind of work do you usually do in the (second) job ?

extra_job_text

Name of second job

extra_insurance_shared

Does (Name) have social insurance from this second job?

extra_healthy_shared

Does (Name) have medical insurance from this second job?

extra_regular_leave

Does (name) get paid vacations or instead of holidays from this scond job?

extra_sick_leave

Does (the name) get sick paid/ sick leave/ instead of holidays from this scond j

extra_compensation

Will (name) receive end-of-service compensation / bonus from this scond job?

extra_work_hours

How many hours of additional work that (name) actually worked in the research wo

total_main_extra_work_hours

How many hours of main and additional work that (name) actually worked in the re

reason_lack_hours

In case the answer in the previous question less than 35 hours/ What is the reas

desire_work_extra

Did (name) want or ready to work over time during the last 7 days?

search_work_extra

During the last previous 4 weeks, Did (name) search for extra work (beside her /

search_work_insted_current

During the last previous 4 weeks, Did (name) search for another work to replace

per_no_3

Individual number

per_desc_reply_3

Who is respondent?

q_302

For Interviewer (check Q108)

want_work

Does (name) want to work?

ready_work

Does (name) ready to start working during 2 weeks from now?

cause_not_want_search_work

Why (name) doesn't want to work?

cause_not_want_search_work_o

Why (name) doesn't want to work?

search_work_01

Registered at a governmental work office (Man power / Ministry of Administrative

search_work_02

registered at a private work office

search_work_03

Entered an appointment competition

search_work_04

Checked at work site

search_work_05

Sent your CV online

search_work_06

Submitted a request for working to any side

search_work_07

Asked in working place

search_work_08

Published a request job advertisement in a newspaper

search_work_09

Applied for a work published in the newspaper

search_work_10

Asked for assistance from friends, relatives, colleagues

search_work_11

Contacted with business owner / Contractor

search_work_12

Waited in grouping place

search_work_13

Search for a private project (land / equipment)

search_work_14

Arrange for financing a private project

search_work_96

Other (specify)

search_work_96_other

Other (specify)

not_search_work_cause

Why did you not seek to work or not start your private business during the last

not_search_work_cause_other

Other (specify)

per_no_4

Individual number

per_desc_reply_4

Who is respondent?

work_before

Have you (....) ever work?

job_last

What was the name of the job where you (....) where you last worked before the u

job_last_text

The last job name

activity_last

What was the last economic activity you worked before the unemployment?

activity_last_text

The last activity name

sector_last

What was the sector (name) woked in?

sector_last_other

Other (specify)

job_last_date_month

What is the date of starting your last work \ job by month?

job_last_date_year

What is the date of starting your last work \ job by year?

main_cause_stop_work

Why did you/ (....) stop such work?

main_cause_stop_work_other

Other (specify)

unemployed_period

How long ago did you/ (....) stop working by months?

refuse_work_yn

Have you ever refused jobs offered to you?

cause_refuse_work

Why did you refused (Name) this work?

cause_refuse_work_other

Other (specify)

problem_find_work

What is the main problem faced (name) in finding a job opportunity?

problem_find_work_other