Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2010

Variable Details

Variablequls1004
LabelType of qualification already held 4
Responses
1 degree, found degree, grad m'ship, PGCE 202
2 diploma in higher education 192
3 HNC/HND 192
4 ONC/OND 81
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel/LQL 185
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBEC 48
7 teaching qualifications (excluding PGCE) 205
8 nursing or medical qual not mentioned 101
9 other HE quals below degree level 92
10 A-Level/voc A-Level/Applied GCE 369
11 New Diploma 6
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 2
13 International Baccalaureate 4
14 NVQ/SVQ 755
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 139
16 AS-Level/Voc AS-Level or equiv 192
17 Certificate of 6th Year Studies (CSYS) 33
18 Access to HE 30
19 O-Level or equivalent 1488
20 Standard/Ordinary 231
21 GCSE/Voc GCSE 1196
22 CSE 601
23 Advanced Higher/Higher/Intermed/Access 165
24 RSA/OCR 484
25 City and Guilds 753
26 YT Certificate 49
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scotland) 67
28 Basic Skills (Skills for life/lit/num 72
29 Entry level qualifications 19
30 Any other 5329
-9 Does not apply 101211
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2010
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.