Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2009

Variable Details

Variablequlhi9
LabelHighest qualification current studying towards
Question text What qualifications are you studying?
Responses
1 Deg lev inc found deg, PGCE or prof memb 3472
2 Diploma in higher educ 214
3 HNC or HND 169
4 ONC or OND 36
5 BTEC, EdExcel, LQL 453
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 2
7 Teaching qualification (exc PGCE) 91
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 108
9 Other high educ qualif below deg lev 98
10 A-level/Vocat'l A level or equiv 1215
11 New Diploma 68
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 13
14 NVQ or SVQ 1705
15 GNVQ or GSVQ 28
16 AS-level/Vocat'l AS level or equiv 332
17 CSYS or equiv 3
18 Access to HE 51
20 Standard Grade (Scotland) 11
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 492
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 123
24 RSA/OCR 15
25 City & Guilds 227
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scotland) 8
28 Basic Skills (skills for life/literacy/n 228
29 Entry Level Qualifs 39
30 Other prof, voc, foreign qualification 1986
-9 Does not apply 102863
-8 No answer 143
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY. CODE HIGHEST
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.