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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Panel Study, 2001: Waves 1-2

Variable Details

VariableAQ43B
LabelHighest Qualification
Responses
1 Youth training certificate/skillseekers 10
2 Recognized trade apprenticeship completed 92
3 Clerical and commercial qualifications (eg typing/shorthand) 102
4 City and Guilds certificate - Craft/intermediate/Ordinary/Pa 144
5 City and Guilds certificate - Advanced/Final/Part 2/ or Scot 139
6 Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) or Diploma (OND), BEC/TE 152
7 CSE grades 2-5 64
8 CSE grade 1, GCE O level, GCSE, School Certificate 257
9 Scottish Ordinary/ Lower Certificate 35
10 GCE A level or Higher Certificate 153
11 Scottish Higher Certificate 35
12 Nursing qualification (eg SEN, SRN, SCM, RGN) 80
13 Teaching qualification (not degree) 74
14 University diploma 68
15 University or CNAA first degree (eg BA, B.Sc, B.Ed) 290
16 University or CNAA higher degree (eg MA,M.Sc, Ph.D) 119
17 Other technical, professional or higher qualification 146
98 Don't Know 18
99 Refused, Not app 1241
Sysmiss 681
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Panel Study, 2001: Waves 1-2
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