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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England Time Series Dataset, 1991-2009

Variable Details

Variablequala6
Labelwhich qualifications - 6th
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 31645
1 degree/degree level qualification (including higher degree) 4
2 teaching qualification 4
3 nursing qualifications srn, scm, sen, rgn, rm, rhv, midwife 2
4 hnc/hnd, bec/tec higher, btec higher/scotech higher 4
5 onc/ond/bec/tec/btec not higher 5
6 city and guilds full technological certificate 0
7 city and guilds advanced/final level 3
8 city and guilds craft/ordinary level 17
9 a-levels/higher school certificate 9
10 as level 4
11 slc/sce/supe at higher grade or certificate of sixth year st 0
12 o-level passes taken in 1975 or earlier 23
13 o-level passes taken after 1975 grades a-c 17
14 o-level passes taken after 1975 grades d-e 26
15 gcse grades a-c 27
16 gcse grades d-g 24
17 cse grade 1/sce bands a-c/standard grade level 1-3 91
18 cse grades 2-5/sce ordinary bands d-e 108
19 cse ungraded 14
20 slc lower 2
21 supe lower or ordinary 1
22 school certificate or matric 6
23 nvq level 5 1
24 nvq level 4 14
25 nvq level 3/advanced level gnvq 15
26 nvq level 2/intermediate level gnvq 13
27 nvq level 1/foundation level gnvq 19
28 recognised trade apprenticeship completed 116
29 clerical or commercial qualification (eg typing/book-keeping 140
30 qualifications outside uk 7
31 other vocational qualifications not otherwise codable 65
32 nvq level not specified 0
33 nursery nurse examination board qualification(nneb) 0
34 qualification obtained during military service 9
35 other academic qualifications not otherwise codable 22
36 other professional qualifications not otherwise codable 36
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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