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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 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 3683
2 DIPLOMA IN HE 201
3 HNC/HND 173
4 ONC/OND 14
5 BTEC/BECTEC 528
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBEC 1
7 TEACHING QUAL (EXC PGCE) 61
8 NURSING OR OTHER MEDICAL QUAL 100
9 OTHER HE QUALS BELOW DEGREE LEVEL 86
10 A-LEVEL/VOC A-LEVEL 1178
11 NEW DIPLOMA 71
12 WELSH BAC 0
13 INTERNATIONAL BAC 14
14 NVQ/SVQ 1214
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 24
16 AS-LEVEL/VOC AS-LEVEL 229
17 CSYS 1
18 ACCESS TO HE 36
20 STANDARD/O GRADE/LOWER 10
21 GCSE/VOC GCSE 460
23 ADV HIGHER/HIGHER/INTER/ACCESS 119
24 RSA/OCR 8
25 CITY AND GUILDS 173
27 KEY SKILLS/CORE SKILLS 6
28 BASIC SKILLS 148
29 ENTRY LEVEL QUALS 37
30 AWARD/CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA (ENTRYL1-8) 77
31 OTHER PROF/WORK QUALIFICATION 1669
-10 No answer/Does not apply 92826
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.
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