Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2011

Variable Details

Variablequlhi11
LabelHighest qualification currently studying for
Question text What qualifications are you studying for?
Responses
1 Degree level including PGCE, Grad 2802
2 Diploma in HE 168
3 HNC/HND 106
4 ONC/OND 15
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC 379
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBEC 0
7 Teaching qual. (exc PGCE) 53
8 Nursing or other medical qual. 95
9 Other HE qualifications below degree level 64
10 A-level/Voc A-level 993
11 New diploma 46
12 WELSH BAC 2
13 International BAC 9
14 NVQ/SVQ 1168
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 12
16 AS-level /VOC AS-level 222
17 CSYS 3
18 Access to HE 24
19 O-level and equivalent 0
20 Standard/O grade/lower 11
21 GCSE/Voc GCSE 434
22 CSE 0
23 Advanced higher/Higher/Intermediate/Access 99
24 RSA/OCR 15
25 City and Guilds 127
26 YT CERTIFICATE 0
27 Key skills/Core skills 7
28 Basic skills 150
29 Entry level qualifications 55
30 Award/Certificate/Diploma (Entry/L1-8) 58
31 Other professional/work qualification 1502
32 None in last 12 months 0
-9 Does not apply 96776
-8 No answer 93
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2011
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
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