Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2008

Variable Details

Variablecmbdeg01
LabelSubject area(s) studied in qualification
Responses
1 Medicine 172
2 Medical related subjects 229
3 Biological Sciences 150
4 Agricultural sciences 21
5 Physical/environmental sciences 142
6 Mathematical sciences and computing 242
7 Engineering 96
8 Technology 64
9 Architecture and related subjects 43
10 Social sciences 493
11 Business and financial studies 446
12 Librarianship and information studies 17
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic, ancient 150
14 European languages 150
15 Other languages 26
16 Humanities 82
17 Arts 94
18 educ 79
-9 Does not apply 119334
-8 No answer 19
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsENTER SUBJECTS OF COMBINED SUBJECT DEGREE.
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.