Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008

Variable Details

Variablecmbmain
LabelMain subject of combined degree
Responses
1 Medicine 37
2 Medical related subjects 83
3 Biological Sciences 58
4 Agricultural sciences 4
5 Physical/environmental sciences 76
6 Mathematical sciences and computing 84
7 Engineering 46
8 Technology 28
9 Architecture and related subjects 10
10 Social sciences 134
11 Business and financial studies 134
12 Librarianship and information studies 4
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic, ancient 67
14 European languages 46
15 Other languages 3
16 Humanities 53
17 Arts 42
18 educ 44
-9 Does not apply 122085
-8 No answer 17
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE MAIN SUBJECT AREA STUDIED IN QUALIFICATION. CODE ONLY ONE.
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.