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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2000

Variable Details

Variablequala02
LabelWhich qualifications
Question text Which of the Qualifications on this card do you have? Just tell me the number written beside each one. 2nd Response. Any others?
Responses
1 Degree/degree level qualification (including higher degree) 23
2 Teaching qualification 244
3 Nursing qualifications SRN, SCM, SEN, RGN, RM, RHV, Midwife 40
4 HNC/HND, BEC/TEC Higher, BTEC Higher/SCOTECH Higher 108
5 ONC/OND/BEC/TEC/BTEC not higher 134
6 City and Guilds Full Technological Certificate 84
7 City and Guilds Advanced/Final Level 78
8 City and Guilds Craft/Ordinary Level 119
9 A-levels/Higher School Certificate 718
10 AS level 37
11 SLC/SCE/SUPE at Higher Grade or Certificate of Sixth Year St 11
12 O-level passes taken in 1975 or earlier 327
13 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES A-C 311
14 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES D-E 131
15 GCSE GRADES A-C 318
16 GCSE GRADES D-G 321
17 CSE GRADE 1/SCE BANDS A-C/Standard Grade LEVEL 1-3 179
18 CSE GRADES 2-5/SCE Ordinary BANDS D-E 171
19 CSE Ungraded 13
20 SLC Lower 1
21 SUPE Lower or Ordinary 0
22 School Certificate or Matric 69
23 NVQ Level 5 5
24 NVQ Level 4 6
25 NVQ Level 3/Advanced level GNVQ 50
26 NVQ Level 2/Intermediate level GNVQ 73
27 NVQ Level 1/Foundation level GNVQ 38
28 Recognised Trade Apprenticeship completed 105
29 Clerical or Commercial Qualification (eg typing/book-keeping 215
30 Qualifications outside of UK 5
31 Other vocational qualifications, not otherwise codeable 76
32 NVQ level not specified 5
33 Nursery Nurse Examination Board Qualification 6
34 Qualifications obtained during military service 3
35 Other academic qualifications, not otherwise codeable 16
36 Other professional qualifications, not otherwise codeable 18
-9 Refusal (98) 0
-8 Don't know (99) 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 8355
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2000
Interviewer InstructionsRecord all that apply
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 2-15 years) living in private households, and a separate sample of older people (aged 65 years and over) resident in care homes, in England in the year 2000.;Adults;Children;Elderly;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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