Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012

Variable Details

Variablequlhi11
LabelQualification(s) studying for
Question text What qualifications are you studying for?
Responses
1 Degree level inc PGCE, grad membership 3461
2 Diploma in HE 187
3 HNC/HND 154
4 ONC/OND 16
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/Edexcel/LQL 511
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBTEC 5
7 Teaching excl PGCE 53
8 Nursing or other medical 86
9 Other HE qual below degree 75
10 A-level/Vocatnl A-level/GCE Applied subj 1090
11 New Diploma 44
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 3
13 International Baccalaureate 15
14 NVQ/SVQ 1177
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 11
16 AS-level/Vocatnl AS-level or eq 256
17 Certificate of 6th Yr Studies (CSYS) 0
18 Access to HE 30
19 O-level or eq 0
20 Standard/Ordinary Grade/Lower (Scot) 23
21 GCSE/Vocatnl GCSE 590
22 CSE 0
23 Advanced Higher/Intermediate/Access qual (Scot) 123
24 RSA/OCR 12
25 City and Guilds 172
26 YT Certificate 0
27 Key Skills/Core Skills (Scot) 7
28 Basic Skills (Life/Literacy/Lang/Num) 191
29 Entry Level quals 50
30 Award/Certificate/Diploma at Entry/1-8 level 68
31 Other professional/work qual 1652
-9 Does not apply 97056
-8 No answer 105
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
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