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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2012

Variable Details

VariableQULHI11
LabelHighest qualification currently studying for
Question text What qualifications are you studying for?
Responses
1 DEGREE LEVEL INC PGCE, GRAD MSHIP 2759
2 DIPLOMA IN HE 142
3 HNC/HND 117
4 ONC/OND 14
5 BTEC/BECTEC 422
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBEC 4
7 TEACHING QUAL (EXC PGCE) 50
8 NURSING OR OTHER MEDICAL QUAL 92
9 OTHER HE QUALS BELOW DEGREE LEVEL 59
10 A-LEVEL/VOC A-LEVEL 1015
11 NEW DIPLOMA 43
12 WELSH BAC 1
13 INTERNATIONAL BAC 15
14 NVQ/SVQ 1011
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 8
16 AS-LEVEL/VOC AS-LEVEL 181
17 CSYS 3
18 ACCESS TO HE 23
20 STANDARD/O GRADE/LOWER 15
21 GCSE/VOC GCSE 388
23 ADV HIGHER/HIGHER/INTER/ACCESS 78
24 RSA/OCR 10
25 CITY AND GUILDS 124
27 KEY SKILLS/CORE SKILLS 4
28 BASIC SKILLS 142
29 ENTRY LEVEL QUALS 30
30 AWARD/CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA (ENTRYL1-8) 55
31 OTHER PROF/WORK QUALIFICATION 1452
-9 Does not apply 91547
-8 No answer 97
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly
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