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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2013

Variable Details

VariableQULHI11
LabelHighest qualification currently studying for
Question text What qualifications are you studying for?
Responses
1 DEGREE LEVEL INC PGCE, GRAD MSHIP 3649
2 DIPLOMA IN HE 174
3 HNC/HND 181
4 ONC/OND 13
5 BTEC/BECTEC 515
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBEC 6
7 TEACHING QUAL (EXC PGCE) 72
8 NURSING OR OTHER MEDICAL QUAL 79
9 OTHER HE QUALS BELOW DEGREE LEVEL 71
10 A-LEVEL/VOC A-LEVEL 1138
11 NEW DIPLOMA 45
12 WELSH BAC 2
13 INTERNATIONAL BAC 16
14 NVQ/SVQ 1182
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 11
16 AS-LEVEL/VOC AS-LEVEL 236
17 CSYS 1
18 ACCESS TO HE 38
20 STANDARD/O GRADE/LOWER 7
21 GCSE/VOC GCSE 385
23 ADV HIGHER/HIGHER/INTER/ACCESS 107
24 RSA/OCR 8
25 CITY AND GUILDS 156
27 KEY SKILLS/CORE SKILLS 6
28 BASIC SKILLS 148
29 ENTRY LEVEL QUALS 48
30 AWARD/CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA (ENTRYL1-8) 80
31 OTHER PROF/WORK QUALIFICATION 1687
-9 Does not apply 93115
-8 No answer 111
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.
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