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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2006

Variable Details

Variablequlhi4
LabelWhat (highest) qual curr. study towards
Question text What qualifications are you studying?
Responses
1 Deg lev inc found deg, PGCE or prof memb 3309
2 Diploma in higher educ 194
3 HNC or HND 202
4 ONC or OND 32
5 BTEC, EdExcel, LQL 367
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 7
7 Teaching qualification (exc PGCE) 85
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 174
9 Other high educ qualif below deg lev 82
10 A-level/Vocat'l A level or equiv 1230
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 8
14 NVQ or SVQ 1615
15 GNVQ or GSVQ 65
16 AS-level/Vocat'l AS level or equiv 328
17 CSYS or equiv 1
18 Access to HE 30
20 Standard Grade (Scotland) 8
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 496
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 118
24 RSA/OCR 29
25 City & Guilds 251
27 Key Skills 52
28 Basic Skills 114
29 Entry Level Qualifs 30
30 Other prof, voc, foreign qualification 2485
-9 Does not apply 110965
-8 No answer 103
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY. CODE HIGHEST.
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.;Households;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.
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