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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

VariableQUALS603
LabelType (qualification) already held 3
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 3
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 775
2 Diploma in Higher educ 183
3 HNC/HND 367
4 ONC/OND 304
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 396
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 103
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 234
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 194
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 136
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 2296
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 17
14 NVQ/SVQ 1413
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 320
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 574
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 47
18 Access to HE 62
19 O Level or equiv. 6485
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 740
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 5364
22 CSE 1098
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 670
24 RSA/OCR 891
25 City and Guilds 1494
26 YT Certificate 92
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scotland) 96
28 Basic Skills (Skills for life/literacy/n 124
29 Entry Level Qualifications 31
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 5723
-10 No answer/Does not apply 90600
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. PROMPT AS NECESSARY.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.
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