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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2005

Variable Details

VariableQUALS406
LabelType (qualification) already held 6
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 6
Responses
1 Deg level qualification 6
2 Diploma in Higher educ 8
3 HNC/HND 3
4 ONC/OND 6
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 7
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 8
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 12
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 3
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 4
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 8
11 Higher (Scotland) 2
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 1
14 NVQ/SVQ 36
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 4
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 4
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 2
18 Access to HE 4
19 O Level or equiv. 28
20 Standard/Ordinary O Grade (Scotland) 7
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 21
22 CSE 49
23 National Qualifs (Scotland) 1
24 RSA/OCR 36
25 City and Guilds 64
26 YT Certificate 4
27 Key Skills 13
28 Basic Skills 6
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 0
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 200
-10 No answer/Does not apply 123513
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. PROMPT AS NECESSARY.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.
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