Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2004

Variable Details

Variablecmbdeg01
LabelSubject area(s) studied in qualification
Responses
1 Medicine 173
2 Medical related subjects 273
3 Biological Sciences 153
4 Agricultural sciences 19
5 Physical/environmental sciences 188
6 Mathematical sciences and computing 238
7 Engineering 142
8 Technology 50
9 Architecture and related subjects 25
10 Social sciences 426
11 Business and financial studies 455
12 Librarianship and information studies 11
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic, ancient 169
14 European languages 171
15 Other languages 26
16 Humanities 216
17 Arts 184
18 Education 171
-9 Does not apply 126982
-8 No answer 10
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsENTER SUBJECTS OF COMBINED SUBJECT DEGREE
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.