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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variableaq53b
LabelHighest Educational Qualification
Question text Taking your answers from this card, which is the highest qualification you have? Please just give me the number next to it.
Responses
1 Postgraduate degree 164
2 First degree 350
3 Univ/poly diploma 54
4 Teaching qualification 85
5 Nursing qualification 79
6 HNC/HND, City&Guilds level 4, NVQ/SVQ 4/ 291
7 A level and equiv 164
8 Scottish Higher and equiv 68
9 ONC/OND, City&Guilds level 3, NVQ/SVQ 3 180
10 GCSE A*-C, CSE grade 1, O level grade A- 359
11 Scottish Standard grades, Ordinary bands 40
12 GCSE D-G, CSE grades 2-5, O level D-E 91
13 City&Guilds level 2, NVQ/SVQ 2 and equiv 130
14 City&Guilds level 1, NVQ/SVQ 1 and equiv 85
15 Clerical and commercial qualifications 76
16 Recognised trade apprenticeship 88
17 Youth training certificate, skill seeker 3
18 Other technical, professional or higher 155
98 Refused 2
99 Don't know 6
999 NA 2321
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD CC. IF QUALIFICATION IS NOT IN LIST, PROBE FOR EQUIVALENT, IF POSSIBLE. IF ‘other’ AT [Aq53b], [OthSpe22], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS).
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
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