Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2004

Variable Details

Variablequals401
LabelType (qualification) already held 1
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 1
Responses
1 Deg level qualification 11885
2 Diploma in Higher educ 746
3 HNC/HND 2177
4 ONC/OND 540
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 1140
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 250
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 597
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 1115
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 309
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 4496
11 Higher (Scotland) 753
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 29
14 NVQ/SVQ 3806
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 540
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 325
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 16
18 Access to HE 41
19 O Level or equiv. 8637
20 Standard/Ordinary O Grade (Scotland) 1343
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 9500
22 CSE 3720
23 National Qualifs (Scotland) 29
24 RSA/OCR 975
25 City and Guilds 3312
26 YT Certificate 73
27 Key Skills 31
28 Basic Skills 128
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 5
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 7693
-9 Does not apply 62971
-8 No answer 636
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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.;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.