Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2009

Variable Details

Variablequals605
LabelType (qualification) already held 5
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 5
Responses
1 Degree level qualification 47
2 Diploma in Higher educ 89
3 HNC/HND 52
4 ONC/OND 36
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel 62
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/or SCOTBEC 24
7 Teaching qualif (excl PGCE 83
8 Nursing or oth medic qual not mentioned 45
9 Other Higher educ quals below deg level 36
10 A Level/Vocat'l A Level of equiv. 54
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 1
14 NVQ/SVQ 260
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 36
16 AS Level/Vocat'l AS Level or equiv 50
17 Cert of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 22
18 Access to HE 10
19 O Level or equiv. 239
20 Stndrd/Ord'y O Grade/ Lower (Scotland) 43
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 222
22 CSE 264
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 33
24 RSA/OCR 178
25 City and Guilds 284
26 YT Certificate 29
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scotland) 30
28 Basic Skills (Skills for life/literacy/n 55
29 Entry Level Qualifications 17
30 Any other prof/vocat'l quals/for qualifs 1546
-9 Does not apply 110347
-8 No answer 0
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.