Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2001

Variable Details

Variablequals01
LabelType (qualification) already held 1
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? 1st type
Responses
1 Degree level inc PGCE or prof member 11378
2 Diploma in higher education 661
3 HNC, HND 2381
4 ONC, OND 706
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 1329
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 505
7 Teaching qualification (ex PGCE) 742
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 1388
9 Other higher education qualification 357
10 A level or equivalent 4906
11 SCE Highers 767
12 NVQ, SVQ 3417
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 597
14 AS level 65
15 CSYS or equivalent 40
16 O level or equivalent 10225
17 SCE Standard/O Grade 1219
18 GCSE 7980
19 CSE 4142
20 RSA 1381
21 City & Guilds 3872
22 YT certificate 119
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 8892
24 Don't know 0
25 National Qualifications (Scotland) 22
-9 Does not apply 71574
-8 No answer 610
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2001
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.;Households;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.