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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1997

Variable Details

Variablequals01
LabelType of qualification 1
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications?
Responses
1 Degree level qualification or equiv 10356
2 Diploma in higher education 734
3 HNC, HND 2581
4 ONC, OND 956
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 1681
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 1006
7 Teaching qualification (ex PGCE) 878
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 1599
9 Other higher education qualification 355
10 A level or equivalent 5232
11 SCE Highers 760
12 NVQ, SVQ 2247
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 438
14 AS level 46
15 CSYS or equivalent 52
16 O level or equivalent 12635
17 SCE Standard/O Grade 513
18 GCSE 7426
19 CSE 5072
20 RSA 1583
21 City & Guilds 4291
22 YT certificate 186
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 10430
24 Dont know 806
-9 Does not apply 76954
-8 No answer 22
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1997
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply. Prompt as necessary
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.
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