Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2009

Variable Details

Variablehiqual8
LabelHighest qualification/trade apprenticeship
Responses
1 Higher degree 4859
2 NVQ level 5 143
3 First/Foundation degree 9217
4 Other degree 715
5 NVQ level 4 543
6 Diploma in higher educ 1205
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 2627
8 Teaching, further educ 213
9 Teaching, secondary educ 172
10 Teaching, primary educ 218
11 Teaching foundation stage 35
12 Teaching, level not stated 95
13 Nursing etc 1226
14 RSA higher diploma 54
15 Other higher educ below degree 435
16 NVQ level 3 2850
17 Advanced Welsh Bac'te 0
18 International Bac'te 41
19 GNVQ/GSVQ advanced 254
20 A level or equivalent 4958
21 RSA advanced diploma 62
22 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 1291
23 City & Guilds advanced craft/part 1 1779
24 Scottish CSYS 21
25 SCE Higher or equivalent 697
26 Access qualifications 68
27 A,S level or equivalent 598
28 Trade apprenticeship 3681
29 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 3122
30 Intermediate Welsh Bac'te 0
31 GNVQ/GSVQ intermediate 197
32 RSA diploma 97
33 City & Guilds craft/part 2 558
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general diploma etc 217
35 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 12528
36 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 438
37 Foundation Welsh Bac'te 0
38 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 26
39 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 1989
40 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general certificate 18
41 SCOTVEC modules 18
42 RSA other 509
43 City & Guilds Foundation/Part 1 163
44 YT,YTP certificate 28
45 Key Skills Qualif 44
46 Basic Skills Qualif 261
47 Entry Level qualif 60
48 Other qualif 5928
49 No qualif 11172
50 Don't know 626
-9 Does not apply 36631
-8 No answer 3865
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 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.;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.