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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013

Variable Details

Variableb_nqfhigh_dv
LabelHighest educational qualification reported this wave
Responses
-9 missing 4064
-8 inapplicable 40888
-1 don't know 80
1 Higher degree 927
2 1st degree or equivalent 1123
3 Diploma in he 590
4 Teaching qual not pgce 138
5 Nursing/other med qual 175
6 Other higher degree 38
7 A level 1131
8 Welsh baccalaureate 9
9 I'nationl baccalaureate 19
10 AS level 397
11 Highers (scot) 167
12 Cert 6th year studies 18
13 GCSE/O level 2481
14 CSE 247
15 Standard/o/lower 184
16 Other school cert 197
96 None of the above 1724
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013
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