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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2003

Variable Details

Variablehiqual
LabelHighest qualification
Responses
1 Higher degree 3633
2 NVQ level 5 115
3 First degree 7872
4 Other degree 1055
5 NVQ level 4 354
6 Diploma in higher educ 905
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 2892
8 Teaching, further educ 204
9 Teaching, secondary educ 203
10 Teaching, primary educ 356
11 Teaching, level not stated 13
12 Nursing etc 1427
13 RSA higher diploma 43
14 Other higher educ below degree 487
15 NVQ level 3 1900
16 GNVQ advanced 467
17 A level or equivalent 5434
18 RSA advanced diploma 95
19 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 1479
20 City & Guilds advanced craft 2212
21 Scot CSYS 72
22 SCE higher or equivalent 766
23 A,S level or equivalent 618
24 Trade apprenticeship 5564
25 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 2065
26 GNVQ intermediate 422
27 RSA diploma 111
28 City & Guilds craft 594
29 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general diploma etc 139
30 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 13622
31 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 391
32 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 44
33 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 3007
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general certificate 26
35 SCOTVEC modules 62
36 RSA other 644
37 City & Guilds other 247
38 YT,YTP certificate 57
39 Other qualification 5957
40 No qualifications 11839
41 Don't know 474
-9 Does not apply 52331
-8 No answer 78
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2003
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.
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