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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableCMBMAIN
LabelMain subject of combined degree
Responses
1 Medicine 26
2 Medical related subjects 77
3 Biological Sciences 42
4 Agricultural sciences 12
5 Physical/environmental sciences 59
6 Mathematical sciences and computing 64
7 Engineering 59
8 Technology 36
9 Architecture and related subjects 14
10 Social sciences 133
11 Business and financial studies 154
12 Librarianship and information studies 5
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic, ancient 66
14 European languages 54
15 Other languages 2
16 Humanities 63
17 Arts 36
18 educ 49
-10 No answer/Does not apply 119878
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE MAIN SUBJECT AREA STUDIED IN QUALIFICATION. CODE ONLY ONE.
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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