Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2005

Variable Details

Variablequals405
LabelType (qualification) already held 5
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 5
Responses
1 Deg level qualification 38
2 Diploma in Higher educ 53
3 HNC/HND 37
4 ONC/OND 31
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 34
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 45
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 57
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 21
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 31
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 61
11 Higher (Scotland) 18
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 0
14 NVQ/SVQ 189
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 24
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 21
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 15
18 Access to HE 8
19 O Level or equiv. 268
20 Standard/Ordinary O Grade (Scotland) 78
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 133
22 CSE 231
23 National Qualifs (Scotland) 3
24 RSA/OCR 234
25 City and Guilds 295
26 YT Certificate 19
27 Key Skills 37
28 Basic Skills 20
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 1
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 1276
-9 Does not apply 124058
-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.