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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2003

Variable Details

Variablequals03
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 inc PGCE or prof member 531
2 Diploma in higher education 89
3 HNC, HND 329
4 ONC, OND 329
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 317
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 182
7 Teaching qualification (ex PGCE) 180
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 178
9 Other higher education qualification 112
10 A level or equivalent 1997
11 SCE Highers 409
12 NVQ, SVQ 1027
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 248
14 AS level 211
15 CSYS or equivalent 100
16 O level or equivalent 7428
17 SCE Standard/O Grade 998
18 GCSE 3634
19 CSE 1294
20 RSA 1443
21 City & Guilds 1739
22 YT certificate 174
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 6263
25 National Qualifications (Scotland) 17
-9 Does not apply 105604
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply. Prompt as necessary.
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.
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