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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1998

Variable Details

Variablequals03
LabelType of qualification 3
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications?
Responses
1 Degree level inc PGCE or prof member 294
2 Diploma in higher education 52
3 HNC, HND 226
4 ONC, OND 354
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 245
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 210
7 Teaching qualification (ex PGCE) 172
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 160
9 Other higher education qualification 122
10 A level or equivalent 2072
11 SCE Highers 449
12 NVQ, SVQ 632
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 76
14 AS level 109
15 CSYS or equivalent 120
16 O level or equivalent 8844
17 SCE Standard/O Grade 766
18 GCSE 2255
19 CSE 1570
20 RSA 1795
21 City & Guilds 1924
22 YT certificate 286
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 6805
24 Dont know 0
-9 Does not apply 117665
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1998
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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