Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2010

Variable Details

Variablehiqual8
LabelHighest qualification/trade apprenticeship
Responses
1 Higher degree 4990
2 NVQ level 5 147
3 First/Foundation degree 9173
4 Other degree 698
5 NVQ level 4 606
6 Diploma in higher educ 1246
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 2660
8 Teaching, further educ 193
9 Teaching, secondary educ 154
10 Teaching, primary educ 198
11 Teaching foundation stage 23
12 Teaching, level not stated 85
13 Nursing etc 1140
14 RSA higher diploma 44
15 Other higher educ below degree 533
16 NVQ level 3 3077
17 Advanced Welsh Bac'te 3
18 International Bac'te 46
19 GNVQ/GSVQ advanced 231
20 A level or equivalent 4894
21 RSA advanced diploma 113
22 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 1346
23 City & Guilds advanced craft/part 1 1666
24 Scottish CSYS 16
25 SCE Higher or equivalent 680
26 Access qualifications 66
27 A,S level or equivalent 613
28 Trade apprenticeship 3370
29 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 3137
30 Intermediate Welsh Bac'te 2
31 GNVQ/GSVQ intermediate 149
32 RSA diploma 137
33 City & Guilds craft/part 2 497
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general diploma etc 236
35 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 11557
36 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 425
37 Foundation Welsh Bac'te 0
38 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 22
39 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 1872
40 BTEC,SCOTVEC first/general certificate 23
41 SCOTVEC modules 19
42 RSA other 431
43 City & Guilds Foundation/Part 1 127
44 YT,YTP certificate 36
45 Key Skills Qualif 28
46 Basic Skills Qualif 327
47 Entry Level qualif 63
48 Other qualif 5290
49 No qualif 9372
50 Don't know 636
-9 Does not apply 30371
-8 No answer 4118
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsHiqual8 replaces Hiqual6 with additional category created for Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate – changes to codes 37-50.
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.