Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 1997

Variable Details

Variablequala01
LabelWhich qualifications
Question text Which of the qualifications on this card do you have? 1st qualification.
Responses
1 Degree/degree level qualification (including higher degree) 988
2 Teaching qualification 179
3 Nursing qualifications SRN, SCM, SEN, RGN, RM, RHV, Midwife 150
4 HNC/HND, BEC/TEC Higher, BTEC Higher/SCOTECH Higher 284
5 ONC/OND/BEC/TEC/BTEC not higher 209
6 City and Guilds Full Technological Certificate 264
7 City and Guilds Advanced/Final Level 89
8 City and Guilds Craft/Ordinary Level 349
9 A-levels/Higher School Certificate 402
10 AS level 10
11 SLC/SCE/SUPE at Higher Grade or Cert of Sixth Year Studies 6
12 O-level passes taken in 1975 or earlier 474
13 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES A-C 348
14 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES D-E 51
15 GCSE GRADES A-C 546
16 GCSE GRADES D-G 138
17 CSE GRADE 1/SCE BANDS A-C/Standard Grade LEVEL 1-3 225
18 CSE GRADES 2-5/SCE Ordinary BANDS D-E 138
19 CSE Ungraded 12
20 SLC Lower 2
21 SUPE Lower or Ordinary 2
22 School Certificate or Matric 145
23 NVQ Level 5 2
24 NVQ Level 4 1
25 NVQ Level 3/Advanced level GNVQ 29
26 NVQ Level 2/Intermediate level GNVQ 41
27 NVQ Level 1/Foundation level GNVQ 24
28 Recognised Trade Apprenticeship completed 249
29 Clerical or Commercial Qualification (eg typing/book-keeping 269
30 Qualifications outside UK 34
31 Other vocational qualifications not otherwise codable 55
32 NVQ level not specified 0
33 Nursery Nurse Examination Board qualification(NNEB) 3
34 Qualification obtained during military service 15
35 Other academic qualifications not otherwise codable 12
36 Other professional qualifications not otherwise codable 7
-9 Refusal (98) 0
-8 Don't know (99) 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 9794
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 1997
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD ALL THAT APPLY. PROBE: 'Any others?'
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 2-15 years) living in private households in England;Adults;Children;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.