Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012

Variable Details

Variableedage
LabelAge when compltd cont. FT education
Question text How old were you when you finished your continuous full-time education?
Responses
5 3
6 2
7 9
8 2
9 11
10 30
11 42
12 77
13 108
14 820
15 9749
16 21899
17 6063
18 8841
19 2774
20 1789
21 5407
22 4231
23 2127
24 1241
25 707
26 348
27 170
28 136
29 59
30 45
31 15
32 11
33 7
34 8
35 7
36 4
37 2
38 2
40 3
50 1
53 1
59 1
96 Still in education 4838
97 Never had education 163
-9 Does not apply 35133
-8 No answer 337
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD Answer entered as an age. 96 = still in continuous education. 97 = never had continuous education.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All 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.
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