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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2006

Variable Details

VariableQUALS603
LabelType (qualification) already held 3
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 3
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 787
2 Diploma in Higher educ 162
3 HNC/HND 408
4 ONC/OND 304
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 406
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 133
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 174
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 220
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 109
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 2245
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 13
14 NVQ/SVQ 1245
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 288
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 481
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 51
18 Access to HE 63
19 O Level or equiv. 6414
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 689
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 4552
22 CSE 1155
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 577
24 RSA/OCR 928
25 City and Guilds 1443
26 YT Certificate 97
27 Key Skills 195
28 Basic Skills 117
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 2
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 4989
-10 No answer/Does not apply 94132
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. PROMPT AS NECESSARY.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.
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