Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008

Variable Details

Variablequals601
LabelType (qualification) already held 1
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 1
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 13290
2 Diploma in Higher educ 833
3 HNC/HND 2149
4 ONC/OND 471
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 1209
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 166
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 678
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 1152
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 313
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 4609
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 45
14 NVQ/SVQ 4603
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 373
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 309
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 19
18 Access to HE 45
19 O Level or equiv. 8255
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 1501
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 10040
22 CSE 3249
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 400
24 RSA/OCR 907
25 City and Guilds 3222
26 YT Certificate 46
27 Key Skills 58
28 Basic Skills 232
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 48
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 8714
-9 Does not apply 55463
-8 No answer 655
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008
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.