Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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 13457
2 Diploma in Higher educ 948
3 HNC/HND 1986
4 ONC/OND 440
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 1345
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 112
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 592
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 1004
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 308
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 4344
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 48
14 NVQ/SVQ 4998
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 316
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 316
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 9
18 Access to HE 41
19 O Level or equiv. 7211
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 1433
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 9762
22 CSE 2749
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 403
24 RSA/OCR 857
25 City and Guilds 3013
26 YT Certificate 46
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scotland) 49
28 Basic Skills (Skills for life/literacy/n 264
29 Entry Level Qualifications 68
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 7732
-9 Does not apply 49608
-8 No answer 735
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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.