Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2010

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 3248
2 Diploma in higher educ 171
3 HNC or HND 151
4 ONC or OND 25
5 BTEC, EdExcel, LQL 433
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 6
7 Teaching qualification (exc PGCE) 70
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 101
9 Other high educ qualif below deg lev 96
10 A-level/Vocat'l A level or equiv 1142
11 New Diploma 70
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 2
13 International Baccalaureate 19
14 NVQ or SVQ 1349
15 GNVQ or GSVQ 15
16 AS-level/Vocat'l AS level or equiv 297
17 CSYS or equiv 4
18 Access to HE 43
20 Standard Grade (Scotland) 12
21 GCSE/Vocat'l GCSE 436
23 Adv Hghr/Higher/Intmed/Access (Scotland) 129
24 RSA/OCR 24
25 City & Guilds 170
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scotland) 10
28 Basic Skills (skills for life/literacy/n 204
29 Entry Level Qualifs 46
30 Other prof, voc, foreign qualification 1745
-9 Does not apply 96754
-8 No answer 114
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY. CODE HIGHEST. (Don’t Know now handled by the use of the DK key)
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.