Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009

Variable Details

Variablequals601
LabelType (qualification) already held 1
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 1
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 13448
2 Diploma in Higher educ 864
3 HNC/HND 2044
4 ONC/OND 449
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 1256
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 140
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 616
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 1089
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 314
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 4421
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 39
14 NVQ/SVQ 4939
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 368
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 320
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 18
18 Access to HE 36
19 O Level or equiv. 7854
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 1487
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 10059
22 CSE 3028
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 388
24 RSA/OCR 925
25 City and Guilds 3078
26 YT Certificate 42
27 Key Skills 57
28 Basic Skills 291
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 58
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 8267
-9 Does not apply 53497
-8 No answer 683
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009
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.