Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2006 - IPUMS Subset
Egypt, Arab Rep., 2006
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Reference ID
EGY_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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- EGY2006_PHC-H-H
- EGY2006_PHC-P-H
Employment status (EG2006A_EMPSTAT)
Data file: EGY2006_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
187
End:
188
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="EG06A411 EG06A412 EG06A413 EG06A414 EG06A415 EG06A416 EG06A417 EG06A419">[Questions 8-14 were asked of persons age 6 and older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="EG06A414">9. Work status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Underage<br />[] 2 Employer<br />[] 3 Self employed<br />[] 4 Waged worker<br />[] 5 Unpaid, working for family<br />[] 6 Unpaid, working for others <br />[] 7 Currently unemployed<br />[] 8 Recently unemployed<br />[] 9 Full-time student<br />[] 10 Housewife<br />[] 11 Retired<br />[] 12 Oldster and does not work<br />[] 13 Disabled<br />[] 14 Does not want to work<br />[] 15 Others</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="EG06A414">9. Work status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Underage<br />[] 2 Employer<br />[] 3 Self employed<br />[] 4 Waged worker<br />[] 5 Unpaid, working for family<br />[] 6 Unpaid, working for others <br />[] 7 Currently unemployed<br />[] 8 Recently unemployed<br />[] 9 Full-time student<br />[] 10 Housewife<br />[] 11 Retired<br />[] 12 Oldster and does not work<br />[] 13 Disabled<br />[] 14 Does not want to work<br />[] 15 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Employer |
| 02 | Self employed |
| 03 | Waged worker |
| 04 | Works for family without wage |
| 05 | Works for others without wage |
| 06 | Unemployed with previous work experience |
| 07 | Unemployed, new worker |
| 08 | Full-time student |
| 09 | Full-time housewife |
| 10 | Retired |
| 11 | Senior citizen who doesn't work |
| 12 | Disabled |
| 13 | Unwilling to work |
| 14 | Other |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
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
This variable indicates the employment status of the person.
Universe
Egypt 2006: Persons age 6 and older [Discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept