Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2000

Variable Details

Variablequals05
LabelType (qualification) already held 5
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Type 5
Responses
1 Degree level inc PGCE or prof member 32
2 Diploma in higher education 23
3 HNC, HND 28
4 ONC, OND 23
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 24
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 37
7 Teaching qualification (ex PGCE) 23
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 11
9 Other higher education qualification 29
10 A level or equivalent 38
11 SCE Highers 12
12 NVQ, SVQ 99
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 14
14 AS level 14
15 CSYS or equivalent 17
16 O level or equivalent 335
17 SCE Standard/O Grade 104
18 GCSE 104
19 CSE 243
20 RSA 271
21 City & Guilds 294
22 YT certificate 41
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 1566
24 Don't know 0
-9 Does not apply 136415
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2000
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY
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.;Households;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.