Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2010

Variable Details

Variablequls1006
LabelType of qualification already held
Responses
1 degree, found degree, grad m'ship, PGCE 8
2 diploma in higher education 30
3 HNC/HND 12
4 ONC/OND 11
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel/LQL 20
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBEC 6
7 teaching qualifications (excluding PGCE) 22
8 nursing or medical qual not mentioned 12
9 other HE quals below degree level 14
10 A-Level/voc A-Level/Applied GCE 14
11 New Diploma 2
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 1
14 NVQ/SVQ 85
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 20
16 AS-Level/Voc AS-Level or equiv 5
17 Certificate of 6th Year Studies (CSYS) 2
18 Access to HE 2
19 O-Level or equivalent 60
20 Standard/Ordinary 10
21 GCSE/Voc GCSE 59
22 CSE 68
23 Advanced Higher/Higher/Intermed/Access 10
24 RSA/OCR 72
25 City and Guilds 102
26 YT Certificate 7
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scotland) 12
28 Basic Skills (Skills for life/lit/num 25
29 Entry level qualifications 4
30 Any other 427
-9 Does not apply 105764
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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.