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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2004

Variable Details

Variablequala02
LabelWhich qualifications
Question text Which of the qualifications on this card do you have? Just tell me the number written beside each one. Response 2
Responses
1 Degree/degree level qualification (including higher degree) 30
2 Teaching qualification 237
3 Nursing qualifications SRN, SCM, SEN, RGN, RM, RHV, Midwife 33
4 HNC/HND, BEC/TEC Higher, BTEC Higher/SCOTECH Higher 142
5 ONC/OND/BEC/TEC/BTEC not higher 96
6 City and Guilds Full Technological Certificate 77
7 City and Guilds Advanced/Final Level 82
8 City and Guilds Craft/Ordinary Level 120
9 A-levels/Higher School Certificate 648
10 AS level 61
11 SLC/SCE/SUPE at Higher Grade or Certificate of Sixth Year St 2
12 O-level passes taken in 1975 or earlier 223
13 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES A-C 180
14 O-level passes taken after 1975 GRADES D-E 86
15 GCSE GRADES A-C 263
16 GCSE GRADES D-G 292
17 CSE GRADE 1/SCE BANDS A-C/Standard Grade LEVEL 1-3 134
18 CSE GRADES 2-5/SCE Ordinary BANDS D-E 113
19 CSE Ungraded 3
20 SLC Lower 1
21 SUPE Lower or Ordinary 0
22 School Certificate or Matric 52
23 NVQ Level 5 7
24 NVQ Level 4 12
25 NVQ Level 3/Advanced level GNVQ 54
26 NVQ Level 2/Intermediate level GNVQ 81
27 NVQ Level 1/Foundation level GNVQ 46
28 Recognised Trade Apprenticeship completed 97
29 Clerical or Commercial Qualification (eg typing/ book-keepin 178
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 5004
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD ALL THAT APPLY. PROBE: Any others?
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population and ethnic minority groups, living in private households in England.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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