Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variablequals602
LabelType (qualification) already held 2
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 2
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 346
2 Diploma in Higher educ 570
3 HNC/HND 865
4 ONC/OND 591
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 924
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 133
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 610
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 550
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 254
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 10638
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 2
13 International Baccalaureate 49
14 NVQ/SVQ 2673
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 517
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 872
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 38
18 Access to HE 84
19 O Level or equiv. 5292
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 1051
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 5537
22 CSE 2285
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 1165
24 RSA/OCR 1330
25 City and Guilds 2561
26 YT Certificate 82
27 Key Skills 73
28 Basic Skills 222
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 45
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 7776
-9 Does not apply 73694
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. PROMPT AS NECESSARY.
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.