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Major sources of the Egyptian
labor market data are three:
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Population
census (PC) |
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Labor
force sample survey (LFSS) |
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Ministry of Planning
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The
PC
is a complete enumeration undertaken by the
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS),
usually every ten years.
(Nassar, H. 2001).
The
LFSS, also carried out by the
CAPMAS, is conducted on an
annual basis to follow up current trends in employment.
The
data of the Ministry of Planning is prepared on the actual
deployment of the labor force according to non-standard
classification of economic activity (Aly,
Abdel Hamid,
1994).
Many studies concluded that the three sources of data are
non-comparable. It has been claimed that the data prepared by
the Ministry of Planning are estimates based mainly on annual
reports of government organizations and public sector
authorities and on unpublished reports for the private sector. |
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The LFSS was taken in May, an
agricultural peek employment month, while the PC was
conducted in November, in 1976 and 1986, which is a
slack season. Since 1985 several improvements in the
conduct of the LFSS occurred such as adopting two
reference periods,
{one week and three months},
undertaking the LFSS four times a year, {in March, June,
September and December} and increasing the size of the
sample to cover 48000 residential units. |
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The PC and LFSS treat the army and
police personnel differently, while the PC identifies
them as part of the labor force, the LFSS screens them
off.
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The PC considers employment for
the age group 6 plus, but the LFSS captures it for the
age group 12-64 years. The LFSS October 1988 round has
considered employment for the age group 6 plus. |
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People over 65 years, who do not
work are classified by the PC as outsiders, while the
LFSS classifies them as jobless workers. In addition,
the two sources of data are different with respect to
the treatment of leave of absence. Suspended workers as
well as those on long unpaid leaves, one year plus, are
among the unemployed by the PC but counted out of the labor force by the LFSS.
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Finally, graduates carrying out
public service are identified as jobless by the PC but
considered outsiders by the LFSS
(Aly,
Abdel Hamid,
1994). |
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