Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

Variable Details

VariableQALPL11
LabelWhere instruction and learning took place to achieve highest level of qualification
Question text Thinking about the instruction and learning you received for your [highest level qualification], was it done... solely through school, college or some other education institution, through a combination of workplace and academic institution, solely at a place of work – yours or somebody else's, self directed/open learning, or was it some other way?
Responses
1 solely through school, college or some other education insti 33696
2 through a combination of workplace and academic institution 7105
3 solely at a place of work – yours or somebody else's 4495
4 self directed/open learning 1066
5 or was it some other way? 559
6 Don't know 285
-9 Does not apply 50059
-8 No answer 9
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsRUNNING PROMPT
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.