Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995

Variable Details

Variablenss0527
LabelQualification course 1: Type
Question text I now want you to think about the courses taken for these qualifications since March 1991. We are interested in all courses for qualifications, even if you did not obtain a qualification. Which of these best describes this course?
Responses
1 Part of work 194
2 Access course 20
3 Correspondence 16
4 Open University 22
5 Community Programme 10
6 Employment Training 33
7 Youth Training 0
8 Enterprise Allowance 4
9 Other type 171
0 Don't know 6
Sysmiss 1238
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995
Interviewer InstructionsREPEAT FOR EACH COURSE LEADING TO QUALIFICATIONS. START WITH THE FIRST COURSE AFTER MARCH 1991, AND ASK QD2-QD5 FOR ONE COURSE AT A TIME. THEN GO ON TO NEXT COURSE. QD2 SHOWCARD H. SINGLE CODE ONLY.
UniverseA clustered 10% sample of the main NCDS cohort, i.e. all those living in England and Wales born in one particular week in 1958, who had participated in an earlier NCDS follow-up and were not known to have died, emigrated or refused.;National
SamplingOne-stage cluster sample.;A simple random sample of the NCDS cohort. Twenty-five sampling points were used, based on interval sampling of all postcode areas in England and Wales, with a random starting point.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort conducted between the fifth and sixth full NCDS cohort surveys.