Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2004

Variable Details

Variablecmbmain
LabelMain subject of combined degree
Responses
1 Medicine 45
2 Medical related subjects 73
3 Biological Sciences 63
4 Agricultural sciences 5
5 Physical/environmental sciences 72
6 Mathematical sciences and computing 86
7 Engineering 58
8 Technology 32
9 Architecture and related subjects 9
10 Social sciences 157
11 Business and financial studies 171
12 Librarianship and information studies 5
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic, ancient 71
14 European languages 55
15 Other languages 4
16 Humanities 124
17 Arts 76
18 Education 113
-9 Does not apply 125657
-8 No answer 19
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE MAIN SUBJECT AREA STUDIED IN QUALIFICATION
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.