Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variablehitqua8
LabelHighest qualif training leads to
Responses
1 Higher degree 980
2 NVQ level 5 17
3 First degree 2106
4 Other degree 336
5 NVQ level 4 128
6 Diploma in higher educ 202
7 HNC, HND, BTEC, SCOTVEC etc higher 191
8 Teaching qualification 69
9 Nursing 145
10 RSA higher diploma 1
11 Other higher educ below degree 100
12 NVQ level 3 624
13 A level or equivalent 1259
14 Welsh Bac'te Advanced level 0
15 International Bac'te 16
16 RSA advanced diploma 1
17 OND,ONC,BTEC, SCOTVEC etc, national 246
18 City & Guilds advanced craft 65
19 Scot CSYS 2
20 SCE higher or equivalent 101
21 Acces to HE 36
22 A/S level or equivalent 276
23 Trade apprenticeship 192
24 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 584
25 Welsh Bac'te Intermediate level 0
26 GNVQ intermediate 12
27 RSA diploma 2
28 City & Guilds craft/Part 2 50
29 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general diploma etc 65
30 O Level or equivalent 485
31 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 151
32 Welsh Bac'te Foundation level 0
33 GNVQ/GSVQ foundation level 6
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general certificate 39
35 SCOTVEC modules or equivalent 2
36 RSA other 10
37 City & Guilds Foundation/Part 1 38
38 Key Skills qualification 13
39 Basic skills qualification 209
40 Entry Level qualifications 55
41 Other qualification 2439
42 No qualifications 67291
43 Don't know 107
-9 Does not apply 39660
-8 No answer 54
Sysmiss 2464
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsHitqua 8 replaces hitqua5 with additional categories created for Welsh advanced, intermediate and foundation Baccalaureates – changes to codes 14-43.
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.