System of Economic Surveys in Egypt

1. System of Economic Surveys in Egypt

2. Agenda • Introduction • Survey design stages • What types of surveys are needed • Challenges in surveying the informal sector

3. Introduction • Sources of economic statistics • 1- Economic censuses • 2- Current statistics

4. Introduction 1- Economic censuses • It is conducted every five years • It includes all the economic activities inside establishments for all sectors. • It includes all establishments business /public sector ,private sector ( formal, informal, & investment )

5. Introduction Economic censuses provide data about Employments & Wages Production value No. establishments Production prerequisites Expenses & revenues Working Capital Fixed assets

6. Introduction 2- Current statistics Its data collected for all activities regularly (monthly, quarterly, annually ) from government , business, public sector and private sector ( formal, informal, investment ).

7. Introduction Sources of current statistics • Administrative sources • Establishment surveys • Economic censuses

8. Introduction Fields of current statistics - Industrial statistics - Labour statistics - Financial statistics - Trade statistics - Agricultural statistics - Service statistics - Prices statistics - Transportation statistics

9. Survey design Stages 1-Determination of survey targets design 2-Questionnaires design We designed a questionnaire for every survey It is updated regularly before the beginning of data collection stage. We tried to obtain the necessary information to reduce the response burden on data suppliers especially for the private sector.

10. Survey design Stages 3- Frames/ lists The main source of frames or lists is the establishment census which is conducted every ten years along with the population census. It is updated through field work and business register.

11. Survey design Stages Survey design 4- Data collection The data collection activities are carried out by CAPMAS regional offices We have 29 offices (one for every governorate) The main collection method is visits .

12. Survey design Stages Survey design 5-Quality control procedures Quality control procedures are followed in all stages of survey undertaken such as: • Timeliness • Completeness • Comparability with other sources

13. Survey design Stages Survey design 5-Quality control procedures • Quality of matching/linking • Outlier detection and treatment • Quality of data editing • Comparing outputs & check discrepancies • Keep raw data / to refer back to if necessary

14. Survey design Stages 6- Editing and processing A- Office editing It is one of the main stages of the survey. It started as soon as questionnaires were derived from the field and accomplished by selected work groups as follows: - Editing of coverage and completeness. - Editing of consistency.

15. Survey design Stages 6- Editing and processing B- Data processing It included machine data entry and data validation and tabulation.

16. What types of surveys are needed? Informal sector in the following economic activities (out of establishments) : - Trade - Building and construction - Services

17. Challenges in surveying the informal sector Unavailability or existence of reliable and or updated survey frames / lists. Underground economies Out of establishment activities Low response rates to statistical surveys