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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 1999

Variable Details

Variablequala01
LabelWhich qualifications on card (1)?
Question text Which of the qualifications on this card do you have? Just tell me the number written beside each one. 1st Response. PROBE: 'Any others?'
Responses
1 Degree/degree level qualification (including higher degree) 960
2 Teaching qualification 155
3 Nursing qualifications SRN, SCM, SEN, RGN, RM, RHV, Midwife 119
4 HNC/HND, BEC/TEC Higher, BTEC Higher/SCOTECH Higher 231
5 ONC/OND/BEC/TEC/BTEC not higher 164
6 City and Guilds Full Technological Certificate 202
7 City and Guilds Advanced/Final Level 104
8 City and Guilds Craft/Ordinary Level 312
9 A-levels/Higher School Certificate 389
10 AS level 13
11 SLC/SCE/SUPE at Higher Grade or Cert. of Sixth Year Studies 4
12 O-level passes taken in 1975 or earlier 428
13 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES A-C 324
14 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES D-E 44
15 GCSE GRADES A-C 511
16 GCSE GRADES D-G 132
17 CSE GRADE 1/SCE BANDS A-C/Standard Grade LEVEL 1-3 194
18 CSE GRADES 2-5/SCE Ordinary BANDS D-E 113
19 CSE Ungraded 9
20 SLC Lower 2
21 SUPE Lower or Ordinary 1
22 School Certificate or Matric 130
23 NVQ Level 5 6
24 NVQ Level 4 4
25 NVQ Level 3/Advanced level GNVQ 28
26 NVQ Level 2/Intermediate level GNVQ 45
27 NVQ Level 1/Foundation level GNVQ 25
28 Recognised Trade Apprenticeship completed 208
29 Clerical or Commercial Qual. (typing/book-keeping/commerce) 268
30 Qualifications outside UK 39
31 Other vocational qualifications not otherwise codable 117
32 NVQ level not specified 1
33 Nursery Nurse Examination Board qualification(NNEB) 6
34 Qualification obtained during military service 21
35 Other academic qualifications not otherwise codable 14
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 4310
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 1999
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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