Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2008

Variable Details

Variablehiqual8
LabelHighest qualif/Trade apprenticeship
Responses
1 Higher degree 4702
2 NVQ level 5 152
3 First/Foundation degree 9102
4 Other degree 696
5 NVQ level 4 514
6 Diploma in higher educ 1092
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 2718
8 Teaching, further educ 206
9 Teaching, secondary educ 184
10 Teaching, primary educ 277
11 Teaching foundation stage 30
12 Teaching, level not stated 95
13 Nursing etc 1312
14 RSA higher diploma 52
15 Other higher educ below degree 405
16 NVQ level 3 2736
17 Advanced Welsh Bac'te 0
18 International Bac'te 36
19 GNVQ/GSVQ advanced 311
20 A level or equivalent 5105
21 RSA advanced diploma 68
22 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 1358
23 City & Guilds advanced craft/part 1 1944
24 Scottish CSYS 29
25 SCE Higher or equivalent 743
26 Access qualifications 66
27 A,S level or equivalent 639
28 Trade apprenticeship 3855
29 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 2815
30 Intermediate Welsh Bac'te 0
31 GNVQ/GSVQ intermediate 227
32 RSA diploma 107
33 City & Guilds craft/part 2 570
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general diploma etc 202
35 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 13035
36 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 411
37 Foundation Welsh Bac'te 1
38 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 33
39 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 2097
40 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general certificate 17
41 SCOTVEC modules 16
42 RSA other 519
43 City & Guilds Foundation/Part 1 168
44 YT,YTP certificate 35
45 Key Skills Qualif 45
46 Basic Skills Qualif 259
47 Entry Level qualif 41
48 Other qualif 6460
49 No qualif 12272
50 Don't know 524
-9 Does not apply 41400
-8 No answer 95
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 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.;Households;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.