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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013

Variable Details

Variableb_qfhigh_dv
LabelHighest educational qualification
Responses
-9 missing 11982
-8 inapplicable 0
-1 don't know 0
1 Higher degree 3977
2 1st degree or equivalent 5686
3 Diploma in he 2752
4 Teaching qual not pgce 685
5 Nursing/other med qual 859
6 Other higher degree 19
7 A level 3744
8 Welsh baccalaureate 9
9 I'nationl baccalaureate 46
10 AS level 662
11 Highers (scot) 490
12 Cert 6th year studies 115
13 GCSE/O level 9854
14 CSE 1668
15 Standard/o/lower 664
16 Other school cert 1203
96 None of the above 10182
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013
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