Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2009

Variable Details

Variablehiqual8
LabelHighest qualif/Trade apprenticeship
Responses
1 Higher degree 4900
2 NVQ level 5 139
3 First/Foundation degree 8991
4 Other degree 699
5 NVQ level 4 528
6 Diploma in higher educ 1215
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 2646
8 Teaching, further educ 220
9 Teaching, secondary educ 162
10 Teaching, primary educ 251
11 Teaching foundation stage 35
12 Teaching, level not stated 92
13 Nursing etc 1239
14 RSA higher diploma 56
15 Other higher educ below degree 449
16 NVQ level 3 2814
17 Advanced Welsh Bac'te 1
18 International Bac'te 32
19 GNVQ/GSVQ advanced 258
20 A level or equivalent 5149
21 RSA advanced diploma 73
22 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 1295
23 City & Guilds advanced craft/part 1 1825
24 Scottish CSYS 26
25 SCE Higher or equivalent 711
26 Access qualifications 61
27 A,S level or equivalent 613
28 Trade apprenticeship 3681
29 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 2987
30 Intermediate Welsh Bac'te 0
31 GNVQ/GSVQ intermediate 192
32 RSA diploma 104
33 City & Guilds craft/part 2 568
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general diploma etc 176
35 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 12873
36 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 425
37 Foundation Welsh Bac'te 0
38 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 24
39 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 2065
40 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general certificate 21
41 SCOTVEC modules 14
42 RSA other 479
43 City & Guilds Foundation/Part 1 154
44 YT,YTP certificate 28
45 Key Skills Qualif 38
46 Basic Skills Qualif 272
47 Entry Level qualif 51
48 Other qualif 6054
49 No qualif 11761
50 Don't know 618
-9 Does not apply 37158
-8 No answer 3746
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsHiqual8 replaces Hiqual6 with additional category created for Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate – changes to codes 37-50.
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.;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.