Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey 2006 (ELMPS 06)

Designed as a panel survey in that it follows the same households and individuals that were interviewed in the Egypt Labor Market Survey of 1998 and re-interviews them. Individuals who split from the original 1998 households in the intervening period are also tracked and interviewed together with their entire household. Of the 8,371 households interviewed in 2006, 3,701 were households that were interviewed in ELMS 1998, 2,167 were splits from the original households, and 2,498 were pat of an entirely new refresher sample. In total, 17,364 individuals were successfully tracked from 1998 to 2006. The datasets consist of:

(1)- a data file for comparison between 1988 & 1998 surveys (compatible data file that has data from 1988, 1998 surveys); (2) a data file comparison between 1988, 1998 & 2006 surveys (a compatible data file that has data from 1988, 1998, & 2006 for the variables that are common to all 3 years); (3) panel data which compares the 1998 with the 2006 survey (data set for the individuals in the panel with all their 1998 & 2006 data); (4) the complete 2006 survey dataset (data on households, enterprises and individuals); (5) the complete 1998 dataset (data on households, enterprises & individuals). Free registration is required.