Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2004

Variable Details

Variablequals405
LabelType (qualification) already held 5
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications?
Responses
1 Deg level qualification 28
2 Diploma in Higher educ 62
3 HNC/HND 59
4 ONC/OND 26
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 33
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 38
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 57
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 14
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 33
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 59
11 Higher (Scotland) 22
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 0
14 NVQ/SVQ 193
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 21
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 23
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 18
18 Access to HE 4
19 O Level or equiv. 293
20 Standard/Ordinary O Grade (Scotland) 89
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 131
22 CSE 224
23 National Qualifs (Scotland) 4
24 RSA/OCR 242
25 City and Guilds 304
26 YT Certificate 29
27 Key Skills 12
28 Basic Skills 10
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 0
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 1326
-9 Does not apply 125169
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY
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.;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.