Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2002

Variable Details

Variablequals02
LabelType (qualification) already held 2
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? 2nd type
Responses
1 Degree level inc PGCE or prof member 213
2 Diploma in higher education 498
3 HNC, HND 955
4 ONC, OND 768
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 722
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 299
7 Teaching qualification (ex PGCE) 686
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 531
9 Other higher education qualification 299
10 A level or equivalent 9935
11 SCE Highers 1224
12 NVQ, SVQ 1689
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 543
14 AS level 289
15 CSYS or equivalent 52
16 O level or equivalent 6342
17 SCE Standard/O Grade 1113
18 GCSE 5206
19 CSE 3035
20 RSA 2191
21 City & Guilds 3213
22 YT certificate 150
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 8087
25 National Qualifications (Scotland) 25
-9 Does not apply 90751
-8 No answer 0
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.