Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2006

Variable Details

Variablequals605
LabelType (qualification) already held 5
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 5
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 28
2 Diploma in Higher educ 57
3 HNC/HND 44
4 ONC/OND 30
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 45
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 34
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 68
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 31
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 25
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 57
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 0
14 NVQ/SVQ 235
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 29
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 30
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 20
18 Access to HE 8
19 O Level or equiv. 267
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 60
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 143
22 CSE 235
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 24
24 RSA/OCR 201
25 City and Guilds 240
26 YT Certificate 33
27 Key Skills 56
28 Basic Skills 15
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 0
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 1268
-9 Does not apply 120940
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. PROMPT AS NECESSARY.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997.;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.