Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

Variablecured8
LabelCurrent Education received
Responses
1 At school (full-time) 1189
2 Sandwich course 37
3 Full-time at univ/poly or college 4582
4 Part-time at school 11
5 Training in nursing etc 120
6 Part-time at univ/poly or college 2185
7 Open college 85
8 Open university 279
9 Other correspondence course 1116
10 Course not stated 46
11 Enrolled but not attending 157
12 Enrolled but not stated if attending 5
13 Not enrolled on course 68857
-9 Does not apply 41559
-8 No answer 601
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsThe cured (current education received) derived variable has been updated to include changes that were made to the learning variables in 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.