Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009

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 722
2 Diploma in Higher educ 169
3 HNC/HND 342
4 ONC/OND 295
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 379
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 92
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 227
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 197
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 134
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 2156
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 15
14 NVQ/SVQ 1380
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 275
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 537
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 48
18 Access to HE 62
19 O Level or equiv. 6297
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 719
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 5051
22 CSE 1055
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 644
24 RSA/OCR 883
25 City and Guilds 1421
26 YT Certificate 91
27 Key Skills 79
28 Basic Skills 137
29 Entry Level Qualifications (Wales) 28
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 5585
-9 Does not apply 91056
-8 No answer 0
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.