Egyptian Economic Census 2017/2018
Egyptian Economic Census 2017/2018
A.R.E, 2017
Identification
DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-ECOCEN-2018-V01
Egyptian Economic Census 2017/2018
Egyptian Economic Census 2017/2018
ECO-CEN-2018
Egyptian Economic Census 2017 / 2018
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| A.R.E | EGY |
Comprehensive and sample survey
Census is conducted every five years
Economic census data has great importance as it provides the opportunity to:
- Build national accounts and monitor GDP,whether at national or local level for each governorate.
- Carry out specialized studies for - different types of establishments (micro, very small, small and medium) whose data is available from economic census.
- A comprehensive counting for all economic units, within certain geographical limits during a specific period of time (fiscal / calendar year), in order to collect,classify,evaluate, analyse and publish basic data for all establishments (No. of workers, wages, production requirements, production, fixed assets, added value of employees, wages, production requirements, production, fixed assets, added value).
Comprehensive coverage of economic censuses is achieved through dealing with multiple sources:
- Collecting data regularly on a regular basis within current statistics system framework through fulfilment of different economic activity units of the required data forms.
- The administrative records that provide a framework for establishments in various activities
, in addition to providing the required information or some of it for the specified time periods, - Using samples to collect detailed data on some specific characteristics of economic units that are not covered by previous sources, taking into account the sample efficiency in representing the economic units under study.
Census data
Economic establishments in Public/Public business and Private sectors establishments
Version
V5 :The release for publication and public use, Egyptian economic census.
2020-03-01
Data was published at 2 digits economic activities and governorate level.
Scope
1.Provide a complete picture and detailed information on the structure ,various economic activities characteristics and their geographical distributions that can be used to measure economic growth.
2.Provide comprehensive and detailed information on inputs and outputs value of each economic activity separately at the regional and national levels.
3.Measure the extent to which each economic activity contributes to GDP, as well as measuring relative importance of each economic activity in relation to other economic activities in the national economy at both regional and national levels.
4.Provide data on small, medium and micro establishments (No. of establishments, No. of workers, wages … etc.) upon economic activities and Republic governorates level.
5.Provide data on Informal Private sector (No. of establishments, No. of workers, wages…etc.) upon economic activities and Republic governorates level.
6.Achieving complementarity in various economic activities data by providing data about small establishments that are not covered by current statistics and their data is regularly annually updated.
7.Identify employment structure in each economic activity and its various distributions according to professions groups.
8.Determine the presence or absence of unexploited energy and reasons for existence of unexploited energy in every economic activity.
9.Identify what each economic activity can provide with new job opportunities that help in reduction of unemployment rates.
10. Provide a modern framework for the representative establishments of all economic activities through the selected sample.
| Topic |
|---|
| isic4 |
| Administrative guide |
Coverage
Upon A.R.E governorates level
Take a sample of 471 thousand (operating temporarily and closed establishments), on the basis of three criteria:
- Economic activity of the establishment,
- No. of workers,
- Governorate (geographical location).
The sample includes 10% of the temporarily closed establishments.
The design gives more weight to big establishments (10 workers or more) comparing with small facilities, as they are fully integrated into the sample, as is cleared from the data:
Establishments with (10 or more) workers that It is comprehensively counted within the sample 100%.
Establishments with (5-9) workers that 50% of number of these establishments is selected.
Establishments with (1-4) workers that 5% of number of these establishments is selected.
- All establishments engaged in rare activities that were defined as up to 30 establishments were withdrawn at economic activity level within each governorate.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| CAPMAS | CAPMAS |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| CAPMAS | Ministry of Planning and Economic Development |
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| CAPMAS | CAPMAS |
| Name |
|---|
| Public/Public business sector establishments |
| Private sector establishments |
Sampling
Response rate in economic census was 96.68%.
Survey instrument
1-Mining and quarrying activity in private sector establishments (9) workers or less).
2-Manufacturing industries activity in Private sector establishments (9 workers or less).
3-Maintenance and repairing of motor vehicles, equipment, devices, personal and household goods activity in Private sector establishments. .
4-Wholesale and Retail trade activity in Private sector establishments.
5-Restaurants,Food stores,Cafes and Drinking activities in Private sector establishments.
6-Transportation and storage activity in Private sector establishments.
7-Business,Social and Personal services activities in Private sector establishments.
8-Education activity in schools, institutes and faculties in Private sector.
9-Other Education activities.
10-Agricultural activity in Private sector establishments.
11-Communication activity in Private sector establishments.
12-Construction and building activities in private sector establishments.
This is in addition to current statistics forms in which many other economic activities are covered.
Building an integrated technological system for conducting Census according to the internationally applied scientific statistical bases and building technological mechanisms to follow up its implementation through:
Tablet
Electronic applications
Geographical maps
Data transmission networks
Data Center
Support users
Immediate communication with workers
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 2017-12-31 | Every five years |
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 2017-12-31 | Every five years |
- Personal Interview
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| CAPMAS | Ministry of State for Economic Development | CAPMAS |
Implementation of field work in a team style (each team consists of references and three surveyors only) in order to ensure data quality level by raising field review rates for the forms.
Full coordination between field work teams and Census Department in order to solve all field problems in order to ensure achievement of specific achievement rates.
Data is fulfilled from Public /Public business and Private sector establishments at upon Republic governorates level, where the used language is Arabic.
The fieldwork team consists of references and 3 surveyors that each surveyor fulfils 4 forms daily.
Data processing
Data quality assurance of collected data in the field is of the most important work requirements, which requires designing and implementing of appropriate procedures at all levels.
Validation rules have been prepared for economic census and current statistics forms to ensure accuracy, validity, consistency of data and provide the information technology sector with it for downloading on the tablet.
Some indicators are calculated from the collected data as average wages, employment, profit and loss and compare them with other sources to ensure consistency of data, in case of discovering basic differences we have to refer to the field to verify data.
Work teams of General Administration of Quality Control implement their own work plans:
- Recompiling data for a number of forms and comparing them with previously collected forms.
- Confirm data accuracy level of the collected data by Call back the visited facilities using a brief sample prepared for each form separately (CALL BACK).
Data appraisal
SPSS statistical package was used in calculating sampling errors for stratified samples (complex samples) for total value of some interested variables and the results are presented upon governorate level, economic activities and employment categories, as well as Republic governorate level.
Distributor information
| Organization name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| CAPMAS | CAPMAS | Ministry of Planning and Economic Development |
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPMAS | Ministry of Planning and Economic Development | www.capmas.gov.eg | pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Validity and confidentiality of data contained in fulfilled forms from economic establishments are subject to the provisions of Law No. 35 of 1960 regarding individual data confidentiality, as amended by Law No. 28 of 1982. |
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPMAS | Ministry of Planning and Economic Development | pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg | www.capmas.gov.eg |
Metadata production
DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-ECOCEN-2018-V01
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPMAS | capmas | Ministry of Planning and Economic Development | Issuing and Publishing of the study |
2018-07-01
Metadata version
Issue March 2020