Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

Variable Details

VariableQULCH111
LabelSource of Qualification 1
Question text This next section is about qualifications gained in the UK. Please think about ALL qualifications you have ever gained [in the UK], even if it was a long time ago or you are not using them now (please exclude expired qualifications). Do you have any qualifications... from school or home-schooling, from college or university, related to work, from government schemes, gained in your leisure time, or by teaching yourself, in some other way, no qualifications? Response 1
Responses
1 From school or home-schooling 51628
2 From college or university 4064
3 Related to work 3225
4 From Government schemes 131
5 Gained in leisure time/self-taught 180
6 Obtained in some other way 58
7 None 9084
8 Don't know 48
-9 Does not apply 28856
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsINDIVIDUAL PROMPT CODE ALL THAT APPLY
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.