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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2015

Variable Details

VariableHITQUA15
LabelHighest qualification training leads to
Responses
1 Higher degree 714
2 NVQ level 5 48
3 Level 8 Diploma 0
4 Level 8 Certificate 0
5 Level 7 Diploma 2
6 Level 7 Certificate 0
7 Level 8 Award 0
8 First degree 1759
9 Other degree 280
10 NVQ level 4 37
11 Level 6 Diploma 4
12 Level 6 Certificate 1
13 Level 7 Award 0
14 Diploma in higher education 148
15 Level 5 Diploma 1
16 Level 5 Certificate 1
17 Level 6 Award 1
18 HNC/HND/BTEC higher etc 142
19 Teaching qualification 60
20 Nursing 75
21 OCR higher 0
22 Other higher education below degree 66
23 Level 4 Diploma 3
24 Level 4 certificate 4
25 Level 5 award 0
26 NVQ level 3 365
27 Progression or advanced diploma 16
28 Level 3 Diploma 15
29 Advanced Welsh Bac 0
30 International Bac 19
31 Scottish Baccalaureate 0
32 A level or equivalent 995
33 OCR advanced 1
34 Ond/onc,btec/scotvec/national level etc 258
35 City& Guilds advanced craft part 3 33
36 SCE higher or equivalent 69
37 Access to Higher Education 47
38 A/S level or equivalent 239
39 Trade apprenticeship 282
40 Level 3 certificate 2
41 Level 4 award 0
42 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 270
43 Intermediate Welsh baccalaureate 0
44 OCR intermediate 1
45 City and Guilds craft part 2 31
46 Btec/scotvec first or general diploma etc 71
47 Higher Diploma (14-19) 9
48 Level 2 diploma 5
49 Level 2 certificate 6
50 Scottish National level 5 24
51 O level/GCSE or equiv 734
52 Level 3 award 0
53 NVQ level 1 or equiv 71
54 Foundation Welsh baccalaureate 0
55 Foundation Diploma 6
56 Level 1 Diploma 4
57 Scottish National level 4 4
58 Btec/scotvec first or general certificate etc 25
59 Scotvec modules or equiv 1
60 OCR basic 2
61 Scottish National level 3 1
62 Scottish National below level 3 3
63 City and Guilds foundation part 1 14
64 Level 1 certificate 7
65 Level 2 award 3
66 Key skills qualification 6
67 Basic skills qualification 125
68 Entry level qualification 37
69 Entry level diploma 0
70 Entry level certificate 1
71 Level 1 award 3
72 Entry level award 0
73 Other qualification 1313
74 No qualification 58283
75 Don't know 170
-9 Does not apply 28355
-8 No answer 87
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2015
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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