Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

Variable Details

VariableFORTYP11
LabelType of qualification gained outside of UK
Question text What type of qualification is it?
Responses
1 degree elvel or higher 1989
2 higher qual below degree 446
3 A-levelvocational A-level 383
4 AS-levelvocational AS-level 7
5 International Bac 30
6 O-level 169
7 GCSEVocational GCSE 139
8 Other work-relatedprofessional 303
9 School leavers certificate 153
10 DK 157
-9 Does not apply 93496
-8 No answer 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE 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.