Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2001

Variable Details

Variablequlhi
LabelWhat (highest) qual curr. study towards
Question text What qualifications are you studying?
Responses
1 Degree level, PGCE or prof member 3460
2 Diploma in higher education 183
3 HNC or HND 357
4 ONC or OND 38
5 BTEC, BEC or TEC 257
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 24
7 Teaching qualification (exc PGCE) 94
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 242
9 Other higher education qualification 127
10 A-level or equivalent 1422
11 SCE higher 0
12 NVQ or SVQ 1772
13 GNVQ or GSVQ 371
14 AS-level 192
15 CSYS or equiv 0
17 SCE standard 29
18 GCSE 1156
20 RSA 199
21 City & Guilds 481
22 YT certificate 4
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualification 2954
24 Don't know 0
25 National Qualifications (Scotland) 61
-9 Does not apply 125742
-8 No answer 110
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2001
Interviewer InstructionsCODE HIGHEST
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.