Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variablequlhi4
LabelWhat (highest) qual curr. study towards
Question text What qualifications are you studying?
Responses
1 Deg lev inc found deg, PGCE or prof memb 3470
2 Diploma in higher educ 204
3 HNC or HND 160
4 ONC or OND 29
5 BTEC, EdExcel, LQL 424
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 4
7 Teaching qualification (exc PGCE) 71
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 147
9 Other high educ qualif below deg lev 103
10 A-level/Vocat'l A level or equiv 1255
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 16
14 NVQ or SVQ 1692
15 GNVQ or GSVQ 44
16 AS-level/Vocat'l AS level or equiv 279
17 CSYS or equiv 2
18 Access to HE 36
20 Standard Grade (Scotland) 11
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 495
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 145
24 RSA/OCR 21
25 City & Guilds 237
27 Key Skills 13
28 Basic Skills 219
29 Entry Level Qualifs 60
30 Other prof, voc, foreign qualification 2263
-9 Does not apply 109310
-8 No answer 118
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY. CODE HIGHEST.
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.