Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008

Variable Details

Variablequals602
LabelType (qualification) already held 2
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 2
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 400
2 Diploma in Higher educ 595
3 HNC/HND 921
4 ONC/OND 595
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 913
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 137
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 687
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 591
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 238
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 10579
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 2
13 International Baccalaureate 38
14 NVQ/SVQ 2505
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 587
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 858
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 48
18 Access to HE 81
19 O Level or equiv. 5449
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 1082
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 5564
22 CSE 2282
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 1165
24 RSA/OCR 1354
25 City and Guilds 2641
26 YT Certificate 89
27 Key Skills 66
28 Basic Skills 173
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 49
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 7721
-9 Does not apply 75645
-8 No answer 0
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.