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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2014

Variable Details

VariableQULHI11
LabelHighest qualification currently studying for
Question text What qualifications are you studying for?
Responses
1 DEGREE LEVEL INC PGCE, GRAD MSHIP 2898
2 DIPLOMA IN HE 162
3 HNC/HND 121
4 ONC/OND 10
5 BTEC/BECTEC 422
6 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBEC 2
7 TEACHING QUAL (EXC PGCE) 56
8 NURSING OR OTHER MEDICAL QUAL 90
9 OTHER HE QUALS BELOW DEGREE LEVEL 64
10 A-LEVEL/VOC A-LEVEL 1063
11 NEW DIPLOMA 45
12 WELSH BAC 0
13 INTERNATIONAL BAC 21
14 NVQ/SVQ 980
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 7
16 AS-LEVEL/VOC AS-LEVEL 221
17 CSYS 2
18 ACCESS TO HE 31
20 STANDARD/O GRADE/LOWER 14
21 GCSE/VOC GCSE 398
23 ADV HIGHER/HIGHER/INTER/ACCESS 132
24 RSA/OCR 5
25 CITY AND GUILDS 142
27 KEY SKILLS/CORE SKILLS 10
28 BASIC SKILLS 127
29 ENTRY LEVEL QUALS 31
30 AWARD/CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA (ENTRYL1-8) 74
31 OTHER PROF/WORK QUALIFICATION 1428
-9 Does not apply 87031
-8 No answer 117
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly
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