title: [An Egyptian national survey on international labor migration (1974-1985)].
abstract: International labor migration from Europe is analyzed based on data from the Egyptian Emigration Survey of 1985.  "In all, roughly 2 million Egyptians emigrated, as workers or their dependents, between 1974 and 1985, and 1.5  million were abroad at the time of the survey....Emigrants tend to be unaccompanied males (average age 32 years), probably because of tight controls on dependents and difficult living conditions in the receiving countries.  The majority are nevertheless married....Both workers and their dependents are increasingly well educated.  Destinations have changed over the decade:  Libya and Jordan have declined in importance, following political and economic upheavals respectively, while Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are now taking larger numbers of Egyptian workers.  Emigration to Iraq seems to be more modest than sometimes reckoned (500,000), and almost entirely made up of single males."  The impact of emigration on Egypt is also considered. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000367:Age Factors; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004534:Egypt; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D008877:Middle East; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Africa; Age Factors; Arab Countries; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Egypt; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Marital Status; Mediterranean Countries; Migrants; Migration; Northern Africa; Nuptiality; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status
vernacular_title: Une enquete nationale egyptienne sur la migration internationale de travail (1974-1985).