Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2005

Variable Details

Variablequals406
LabelType (qualification) already held 6
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 6
Responses
1 Deg level qualification 6
2 Diploma in Higher educ 11
3 HNC/HND 8
4 ONC/OND 8
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 9
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 10
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 15
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 5
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 10
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 9
11 Higher (Scotland) 1
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 0
14 NVQ/SVQ 55
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 4
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 5
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 7
18 Access to HE 3
19 O Level or equiv. 38
20 Standard/Ordinary O Grade (Scotland) 11
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 18
22 CSE 77
23 National Qualifs (Scotland) 0
24 RSA/OCR 50
25 City and Guilds 87
26 YT Certificate 8
27 Key Skills 12
28 Basic Skills 6
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 0
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 312
-9 Does not apply 126551
-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.