Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2005

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 150
2 Diploma in Higher educ 145
3 HNC/HND 185
4 ONC/OND 92
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 132
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 96
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 154
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 79
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 54
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 314
11 Higher (Scotland) 88
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 3
14 NVQ/SVQ 519
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 91
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 85
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 50
18 Access to HE 21
19 O Level or equiv. 1663
20 Standard/Ordinary O Grade (Scotland) 393
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 776
22 CSE 649
23 National Qualifs (Scotland) 5
24 RSA/OCR 595
25 City and Guilds 757
26 YT Certificate 98
27 Key Skills 81
28 Basic Skills 28
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 2
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 4245
-9 Does not apply 115786
-8 No answer 0
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.