Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2001

Variable Details

Variablecourse
LabelType of course
Question text Are you (at school or 6th form college), on a full-time or part-time course, a medical or nursing course, a sandwich course or some other kind of course?
Responses
1 School/full time age < 20 years 1744
2 School/part time age < 20 years 10
3 Sandwich course 56
4 FT university, college, inc 6th 4256
5 Nursing or similar medical course 245
6 PT university/college 3958
7 Open College 136
8 Open University 341
9 Other corresp course 417
10 Any other self/open learning 782
-9 Does not apply 126275
-8 No answer 32
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2001
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.