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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008

Variable Details

Variablehiqual8
LabelHighest qualif/Trade apprenticeship
Responses
1 Higher degree 4742
2 NVQ level 5 147
3 First/Foundation degree 9157
4 Other degree 734
5 NVQ level 4 506
6 Diploma in higher educ 1094
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 2788
8 Teaching, further educ 226
9 Teaching, secondary educ 176
10 Teaching, primary educ 248
11 Teaching foundation stage 25
12 Teaching, level not stated 130
13 Nursing etc 1373
14 RSA higher diploma 51
15 Other higher educ below degree 434
16 NVQ level 3 2688
17 Advanced Welsh Bac'te 1
18 International Bac'te 51
19 GNVQ/GSVQ advanced 330
20 A level or equivalent 5642
21 RSA advanced diploma 64
22 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 1342
23 City & Guilds advanced craft/part 1 1929
24 Scottish CSYS 30
25 SCE Higher or equivalent 738
26 Access qualifications 73
27 A,S level or equivalent 628
28 Trade apprenticeship 3995
29 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 2803
30 Intermediate Welsh Bac'te 0
31 GNVQ/GSVQ intermediate 255
32 RSA diploma 86
33 City & Guilds craft/part 2 555
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general diploma etc 189
35 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 13556
36 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 397
37 Foundation Welsh Bac'te 1
38 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 24
39 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 2224
40 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general certificate 15
41 SCOTVEC modules 16
42 RSA other 508
43 City & Guilds Foundation/Part 1 155
44 YT,YTP certificate 36
45 Key Skills Qualif 44
46 Basic Skills Qualif 217
47 Entry Level qualif 42
48 Other qualif 6701
49 No qualif 12878
50 Don't know 552
-9 Does not apply 42056
-8 No answer 403
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008
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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