Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2008

Variable Details

Variablehiqual8
LabelHighest qualif/Trade apprenticeship
Responses
1 Higher degree 4735
2 NVQ level 5 158
3 First/Foundation degree 9051
4 Other degree 706
5 NVQ level 4 506
6 Diploma in higher educ 1093
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 2774
8 Teaching, further educ 222
9 Teaching, secondary educ 173
10 Teaching, primary educ 249
11 Teaching foundation stage 33
12 Teaching, level not stated 120
13 Nursing etc 1353
14 RSA higher diploma 55
15 Other higher educ below degree 417
16 NVQ level 3 2721
17 Advanced Welsh Bac'te 0
18 International Bac'te 46
19 GNVQ/GSVQ advanced 327
20 A level or equivalent 5398
21 RSA advanced diploma 58
22 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 1364
23 City & Guilds advanced craft/part 1 1915
24 Scottish CSYS 32
25 SCE Higher or equivalent 734
26 Access qualifications 61
27 A,S level or equivalent 643
28 Trade apprenticeship 3899
29 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 2769
30 Intermediate Welsh Bac'te 0
31 GNVQ/GSVQ intermediate 237
32 RSA diploma 103
33 City & Guilds craft/part 2 589
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general diploma etc 198
35 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 13459
36 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 397
37 Foundation Welsh Bac'te 1
38 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 38
39 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 2164
40 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general certificate 13
41 SCOTVEC modules 12
42 RSA other 516
43 City & Guilds Foundation/Part 1 158
44 YT,YTP certificate 32
45 Key Skills Qualif 50
46 Basic Skills Qualif 220
47 Entry Level qualif 42
48 Other qualif 6577
49 No qualif 13013
50 Don't know 511
-9 Does not apply 42002
-8 No answer 105
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2008
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.