Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2005

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 11992
2 Diploma in Higher educ 731
3 HNC/HND 2117
4 ONC/OND 521
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 1137
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 241
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 593
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 1069
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 270
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 4609
11 Higher (Scotland) 752
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 2
13 International Baccalaureate 30
14 NVQ/SVQ 3846
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 500
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 300
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 16
18 Access to HE 53
19 O Level or equiv. 8711
20 Standard/Ordinary O Grade (Scotland) 1398
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 9415
22 CSE 3788
23 National Qualifs (Scotland) 28
24 RSA/OCR 937
25 City and Guilds 3260
26 YT Certificate 73
27 Key Skills 35
28 Basic Skills 128
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 5
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 7757
-9 Does not apply 62379
-8 No answer 643
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2005
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.