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Governorate IndicatorsG.14 Labor forceLabor force15+(as % of% ofwomenin Percentage of labor forceProfessional& technicalstaff (as % ofWage earners (as %of labor force15+)Employees in gov.& public sector (as% of total labortotal labor15+ inlaborforce 15+)population) force 15+ Agriculture Industry Services force 15+) Total Females Total Females1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996Cairo 31.5 19.7 1.1 32.4 66.5 31.6 76.7 85.4 38.3 59.2Alexandria 31.5 18.1 5.8 35.8 58.4 25.9 72.9 84.8 38.1 57.8Port-Said 35.7 24.8 8.2 14.6 77.2 33.0 68.0 82.5 45.7 65.9Suez 31.7 18.7 6.9 30.7 62.4 27.5 75.1 81.1 45.4 62.8Urban Govs 31.7 19.4 3.1 32.5 64.4 29.8 75.1 84.9 38.9 59.3Damietta 32.2 15.3 23.2 32.4 44.4 18.6 66.1 79.0 24.8 62.5Dakahlia 31.4 18.3 34.2 15.1 50.7 19.5 56.6 62.2 28.3 43.2Sharkia 29.0 13.4 37.5 14.7 47.8 19.8 58.2 67.6 29.4 49.6Kalyoubia 29.6 15.0 17.6 30.5 51.9 20.5 70.7 72.4 34.5 47.5Kafr El-Sheikh 29.6 16.1 44.8 9.2 46.0 15.3 45.6 53.3 22.7 32.2Gharbia 31.3 20.7 24.3 20.9 54.8 21.7 60.7 63.7 34.0 43.3Menoufia 31.0 22.8 36.9 14.2 48.9 21.0 59.1 58.9 32.9 41.1Behera 28.8 11.5 45.8 14.1 40.1 14.9 52.0 63.6 24.0 40.1Ismailia 30.7 17.4 25.1 17.8 57.1 23.3 69.7 82.6 38.2 59.4Lower Egypt: 30.2 16.1 33.5 17.7 48.8 19.2 58.6 64.6 29.6 44.2Urban 32.2 21.6 10.7 25.0 64.3 28.6 68.7 77.7 39.1 59.9Rural 29.4 13.8 43.0 14.7 42.3 15.2 54.4 56.0 25.6 34.0Giza 28.2 12.4 13.3 30.5 56.2 24.4 70.6 88.2 30.9 60.1Beni-Suef 27.7 16.2 46.8 12.5 40.7 15.5 59.3 56.6 25.1 32.9Fayoum 26.7 9.9 46.8 13.7 39.5 14.3 57.6 66.8 21.4 49.4Menia 26.5 12.0 53.0 8.1 38.9 15.0 62.9 66.5 22.2 36.6Assyout 25.0 11.7 46.3 9.9 43.8 17.5 60.0 65.3 25.3 47.0Suhag 24.8 8.9 43.4 13.9 42.7 16.5 54.9 67.2 23.0 49.6Quena 23.5 8.2 35.8 18.7 45.5 18.1 62.7 68.4 28.1 47.3Aswan 27.3 15.2 24.5 17.1 58.4 24.4 61.2 67.2 37.7 44.2Upper Egypt: 26.2 11.5 36.9 17.0 46.1 18.5 62.3 70.9 26.4 47.2Urban 30.0 19.6 9.4 22.2 68.4 30.4 70.8 79.5 39.4 59.3Rural 24.5 7.1 52.0 14.2 33.8 12.0 57.7 58.1 19.2 29.1Red Sea 41.1 15.5 7.6 21.7 70.7 20.2 68.7 46.0 31.8 34.2New Valley 34.0 22.3 19.9 13.0 67.1 33.5 70.9 76.4 59.8 61.1Matrouh 28.0 6.2 43.9 13.1 43.0 13.3 46.2 83.4 20.6 69.5North Sinai 30.1 18.5 32.7 10.4 56.9 24.1 58.4 70.5 38.7 55.2South Sinai 46.7 12.1 10.8 16.8 72.4 21.1 69.1 57.3 35.6 48.5Frontier Govs 33.5 15.2 24.9 14.7 60.4 22.2 61.4 66.2 36.6 52.4Urban 34.3 16.9 10.9 18.9 70.2 28.4 73.2 78.1 46.5 64.9Rural 32.3 12.5 46.0 8.4 45.6 12.9 43.6 42.1 21.6 27.1Egypt: 29.1 15.3 28.3 20.5 51.2 21.2 63.2 71.4 30.5 49.0Urban 31.5 20.1 7.0 27.5 65.5 29.6 72.1 81.2 39.2 59.6Rural 27.3 11.2 46.6 14.4 39.0 13.9 55.6 56.3 23.0 32.7158 -Egypt Human Development Report 1998/99