Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2002

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 11716
2 Diploma in higher education 713
3 HNC, HND 2338
4 ONC, OND 680
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 1355
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 416
7 Teaching qualification (ex PGCE) 744
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 1319
9 Other higher education qualification 310
10 A level or equivalent 4884
11 SCE Highers 803
12 NVQ, SVQ 3716
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 663
14 AS level 317
15 CSYS or equivalent 31
16 O level or equivalent 9822
17 SCE Standard/O Grade 1363
18 GCSE 8241
19 CSE 4144
20 RSA 1213
21 City & Guilds 3985
22 YT certificate 110
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 9034
25 National Qualifications (Scotland) 14
-9 Does not apply 70276
-8 No answer 609
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2002
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.