Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variablequals605
LabelType (qualification) already held 5
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 5
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 47
2 Diploma in Higher educ 72
3 HNC/HND 49
4 ONC/OND 41
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 63
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 23
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 45
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 51
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 37
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 57
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 0
14 NVQ/SVQ 246
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 24
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 40
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 10
18 Access to HE 10
19 O Level or equiv. 247
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 51
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 181
22 CSE 233
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 37
24 RSA/OCR 189
25 City and Guilds 288
26 YT Certificate 33
27 Key Skills 30
28 Basic Skills 30
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 11
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 1409
-9 Does not apply 117275
-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.