Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 1999

Variable Details

Variableedage
LabelAge when compltd cont. FT education
Question text How old were you when you finished your continuous full-time education?
Responses
5 1
6 3
7 4
8 8
9 15
10 39
11 49
12 108
13 129
14 1877
15 19147
16 29366
17 7853
18 8341
19 2405
20 1522
21 4275
22 3397
23 1865
24 1034
25 578
26 265
27 142
28 73
29 30
30 22
31 10
32 1
33 5
34 1
35 2
36 2
41 1
42 1
96 Still in education 5608
97 Never had education 201
-9 Does not apply 58523
-8 No answer 172
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 1999
Interviewer Instructions"STILL IN = 96, NEVER HAD = 97. This question must be asked if this is a first interview with the respondent (or no answer is present from previous waves), or the respondent was still in full-time education at the last interview."
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.