Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009

Variable Details

Variablecmbdeg01
LabelSubject area(s) studied in qualification
Responses
1 Medicine 161
2 Medical related subjects 252
3 Biological Sciences 135
4 Agricultural sciences 21
5 Physical/environmental sciences 130
6 Mathematical sciences and computing 240
7 Engineering 122
8 Technology 83
9 Architecture and related subjects 36
10 Social sciences 446
11 Business and financial studies 427
12 Librarianship and information studies 12
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic, ancient 141
14 European languages 173
15 Other languages 19
16 Humanities 102
17 Arts 107
18 educ 90
-9 Does not apply 117354
-8 No answer 25
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsENTER SUBJECTS OF COMBINED SUBJECT DEGREE.
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.