Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

Variable Details

VariableFDCMBMA
LabelUndergraduate main subject area
Responses
1 Medicine 7
2 Medical related Subjects 18
3 Biological Sciences 34
4 Agricultural Sciences 2
5 Physical/Environmental Sciences 86
6 Mathematical l Sciences and Computing 70
7 Engineering 36
8 Technology 14
9 Architecture and related studies 1
10 Social Sciences (including Law) 119
11 Business and Financial Studies 96
12 Librarianship and Information Studies 3
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic and Ancient Languages 60
14 European Languages 53
15 Other Languages 5
16 Humanities 120
17 Arts 69
18 Education 60
-9 Does not apply 96409
-8 No answer 12
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsProbe main subject studied in qualification. CODE ONE SUBJECT AREA ONLY
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;National
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.