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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England Time Series Dataset, 1991-2009

Variable Details

Variablequala2
Labelwhich qualifications - 2nd
Responses
-9 refusal (98) 2
-8 don't know (99) 3
-6 schedule not obtained 0
-2 schedule not applicable 0
-1 item not applicable 17927
1 degree/degree level qualification (including higher degree) 82
2 teaching qualification 759
3 nursing qualifications srn, scm, sen, rgn, rm, rhv, midwife 100
4 hnc/hnd, bec/tec higher, btec higher/scotech higher 336
5 onc/ond/bec/tec/btec not higher 399
6 city and guilds full technological certificate 282
7 city and guilds advanced/final level 251
8 city and guilds craft/ordinary level 531
9 a-levels/higher school certificate 2427
10 as level 122
11 slc/sce/supe at higher grade or certificate of sixth year st 40
12 o-level passes taken in 1975 or earlier 1236
13 o-level passes taken after 1975 grades a-c 1107
14 o-level passes taken after 1975 grades d-e 553
15 gcse grades a-c 976
16 gcse grades d-g 1057
17 cse grade 1/sce bands a-c/standard grade level 1-3 816
18 cse grades 2-5/sce ordinary bands d-e 739
19 cse ungraded 52
20 slc lower 9
21 supe lower or ordinary 1
22 school certificate or matric 287
23 nvq level 5 11
24 nvq level 4 15
25 nvq level 3/advanced level gnvq 62
26 nvq level 2/intermediate level gnvq 161
27 nvq level 1/foundation level gnvq 77
28 recognised trade apprenticeship completed 443
29 clerical or commercial qualification (eg typing/book-keeping 987
30 qualifications outside uk 76
31 other vocational qualifications not otherwise codable 258
32 nvq level not specified 7
33 nursery nurse examination board qualification(nneb) 35
34 qualification obtained during military service 54
35 other academic qualifications not otherwise codable 64
36 other professional qualifications not otherwise codable 154
Sysmiss 174071
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England Time Series Dataset, 1991-2009
UniverseGeneral population of England 1991-2009 aged 16 years and over;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified and clustered sample. Sample design varies between years
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; 1991-2009, combined into a time-series dataset
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