Economic Census 2012/2013, ECOCENS 2012/2013 - Egypt, Arab Rep.

Abstract --------------------------- THE CLEANED AND HARMONIZED VERSION OF THE SURVEY DATA PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM REPRESENTS 50% OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY DATA COLLECTED BY THE CENTRAL AGENCY FOR PUBLIC MOBILIZATION AND STATISTICS Economic Census is considered the main source for information about the economic activities in Egypt. The Economic Census provides a huge amount of data which sheds light on the components and elements of economic activity by providing a complete, comprehensive and detailed image of economic establishments in various sectors according to the most recent international standards and concepts. The main goals of Economic Census 1- Providing a comprehensive image and detailed information of the structure and characteristics of the various economic activities and their geographical distributions that enable measuring the economic performance. 2- Providing a complete and detailed information about the value of inputs and outputs, separately for each economic activity, at the governorate level and for Egypt. 3- Measuring the contribution of each economic activity in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and assess its relative importance for each economic activity compared to other economic activities within national economy, at the governorate level and for Egypt. 4- Providing data about the Micro, Small and Medium establishments (number of establishments and employees, wages, …. etc.), for economic activities at the governorate level and for Egypt. Geographic coverage --------------------------- National Analysis unit --------------------------- Establishment Universe --------------------------- The Census covered a national sample of Establishments. Kind of data --------------------------- Census/enumeration data [cen] Sampling procedure --------------------------- The Establishment Census, conducted as part of the 2006 Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, utilized the framework established by the aforementioned census. This framework specifically encompassed active and temporarily closed establishments, excluding government-run ones. Seven distinct frameworks were employed, covering a total of 164,000 establishments to ensure comprehensive coverage: 1. The frame was bifurcated into two sections: the first comprising active establishments and the second consisting of temporarily closed ones. 2. Monitoring of small-sized establishments occurred in two stages: initially, a sample of enumeration areas (1,800 in total) was selected, representing 10% of the total enumeration areas in the 2006 establishments census. Subsequently, a sample of establishments was chosen from each economic activity at the ISIC tabular category level within each enumeration area, totaling 96,000 establishments. Rare activities' establishments, specifically those with 500 or fewer establishments distributed across the governorates were included. 3. A comprehensive inventory of establishments employing 10 or more workers and not included in the current statistics, based on the 2006 Establishment Census data, with a total of 18,000 establishments 4. The Educational Activity Establishments category involved a comprehensive inventory of private schools, universities, higher and intermediate institutes. This included 6,000 schools, 19 universities, around 250 colleges and higher institutes, as well as upper-intermediate institutes. 5. Health Activity Establishments entailed a sample size of 14,000 establishments, representing 20% of the total framework of clinics, medical centers, and analysis laboratories in the private sector. These were selected and drawn from the Ministry of Health. 6. Active Big Establishments for wholesale and retail trade underwent a comprehensive inventory. This encompassed various legal entities such as joint stock, limited liability, limited partnership, and branches of foreign companies, totaling approximately 10,000 establishments. 7. Mining and quarrying activities were also subject to a comprehensive inventory. This covered establishments operating in the field of mines and quarries, which were not included in the regular statistics, amounting to around 2,000 establishments. Mode of data collection --------------------------- Face-to-face [f2f] Research instrument --------------------------- Such framework consists of two main parts as follows: Part one: Regular statistics, which includes all establishments in both Public and Public Business Sectors, and some private sector establishments, which are regularly conducted annually. Part two: Including private sector establishments covered in the EC using sampling method, for those which aren't covered by regular statistics. Twelve questionnaires were designed for the 2012/2013 Economic Census to collect data from all economic activities in the private sector, which are not covered in the regular statistics. These activities include: - Mining and quarrying activities, establishments (9 employees and less), - Manufacturing Activities (9 employees and less), - Activities of Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, personal and household goods, - Wholesale and Retail-sale Activities, - Restaurants, food & beverage, and bar services activities, - Transportation and Storage Activities, - Business, social and personal services Activities. - Education activities, institutes and colleges, - Other educational activities, - Agricultural activities, - Communication activities, - Construction activities. Note: The questionnaire can be seen in the documentation tab. Response rate --------------------------- The average response rate for the economic census 2012/2013 was 93%.