Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2004

Variable Details

Variablequals404
LabelType (qualification) already held 4
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 4
Responses
1 Deg level qualification 166
2 Diploma in Higher educ 137
3 HNC/HND 184
4 ONC/OND 106
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 133
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 91
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 154
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 83
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 61
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 312
11 Higher (Scotland) 99
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 3
14 NVQ/SVQ 510
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 92
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 83
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 48
18 Access to HE 24
19 O Level or equiv. 1675
20 Standard/Ordinary O Grade (Scotland) 393
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 833
22 CSE 680
23 National Qualifs (Scotland) 8
24 RSA/OCR 620
25 City and Guilds 757
26 YT Certificate 94
27 Key Skills 69
28 Basic Skills 18
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 1
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 4276
-9 Does not apply 116109
-8 No answer 0
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.