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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 1998

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) 1828
2 Teaching qualification 278
3 Nursing qualifications SRN, SCM, SEN, RGN, RM, RHV, Midwife 299
4 HNC/HND, BEC/TEC Higher, BTEC Higher/SCOTECH Higher 518
5 ONC/OND/BEC/TEC/BTEC not higher 329
6 City and Guilds Full Technological Certificate 401
7 City and Guilds Advanced/Final Level 191
8 City and Guilds Craft/Ordinary Level 669
9 A-levels/Higher School Certificate 712
10 AS level 18
11 SLC/SCE/SUPE at Higher Grade or Cert of Sixth Year Studies 16
12 O-level passes taken in 1975 or earlier 955
13 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES A-C 674
14 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES D-E 77
15 GCSE GRADES A-C 1116
16 GCSE GRADES D-G 285
17 CSE GRADE 1/SCE BANDS A-C/Standard Grade LEVEL 1-3 386
18 CSE GRADES 2-5/SCE Ordinary BANDS D-E 267
19 CSE Ungraded 20
20 SLC Lower 3
21 SUPE Lower or Ordinary 4
22 School Certificate or Matric 228
23 NVQ Level 5 6
24 NVQ Level 4 9
25 NVQ Level 3/Advanced level GNVQ 43
26 NVQ Level 2/Intermediate level GNVQ 117
27 NVQ Level 1/Foundation level GNVQ 43
28 Recognised Trade Apprenticeship completed 391
29 Clerical or Commercial Qualification (eg typing/book-keeping 492
30 Qualifications outside UK 68
31 Other vocational qualifications not otherwise codable 155
32 NVQ level not specified 4
33 Nursery Nurse Examination Board qualification(NNEB) 11
34 Qualification obtained during military service 38
35 Other academic qualifications not otherwise codable 23
36 Other professional qualifications not otherwise codable 21
-9 Refusal (98) 0
-8 Don't know (99) 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 8959
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 1998
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD ALL THAT APPLY
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.
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