Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2012

Variable Details

VariableHighEd1
LabelHighest qualification level
Question text What is the highest level of qualification that you have received from school, college or since leaving education? Please include any work-based training.
Responses
1 Degree or equivalent 2171
2 Higher ed qual below degree 888
3 A-levels Highers 959
4 ONC National Level BTEC 462
5 O Level or GSCSE A-C 1672
6 GCSE D-G 392
7 Other inc foreign qual below degree 1133
8 No formal qualifications 145
Sysmiss 5328
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsUse Q-by-Q to help code qualification
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2012.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.