This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April 1997 - June 1998

Variable Details

VariableHIQUAL1
LabelHighest qualification
Responses
1 Higher degree 340
2 NVQ level 5 11
3 First degree 888
4 Other degree 154
5 NVQ level 4 21
6 Diploma in higher education 93
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 397
8 Teaching, further education 23
9 Teaching, secondary education 42
10 Teaching, primary education 86
11 Teaching, level not stated 3
12 Nursing etc 260
13 RSA higher diploma 16
14 Other higher education below degree 56
15 NVQ level 3 80
16 GNVQ advanced 12
17 A level or equivalent 594
18 RSA advanced diploma 25
19 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 205
20 City & Guilds advanced craft 274
21 Scottish CSYS 19
22 SCE higher or equivalent 132
23 A,S level or equivalent 12
24 Trade apprenticeship 1067
25 NVQ level 2 160
26 GNVQ intermediate 22
27 RSA diploma 18
28 City & Guilds craft 120
29 BTEC,SCOTVEC first or general diploma et 28
30 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 2254
31 NVQ level 1 30
32 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 5
33 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 505
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first or general certificat 8
35 SCOTVEC modules 21
36 RSA other 135
37 City & Guilds other 43
38 YT,YTP certificate 9
39 Other qualification 942
40 No qualifications 2363
41 Dont know 128
-9 Does not apply 268
-8 No answer 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April 1997 - June 1998
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.