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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996

Variable Details

VariableQUALS01
LabelType of qualification 2
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 1
Responses
1 Degree level qualification or equiv 82
2 Diploma in higher education 654
3 HNC, HND 770
4 ONC, OND 1002
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 450
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 248
7 Teaching qualification 894
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 440
9 other higher education qualification 302
10 A level or equiv 8667
11 SCE 789
12 NVQ, SVQ 465
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 81
14 AS level 109
15 Scottish CSYS or equivalent 161
16 CSYS or equivalent 43
17 O level or equivalent 8389
18 GCSE 3480
19 CSE 4001
20 RSA 2655
21 City & Guilds 3386
22 YT certificate 220
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 7152
24 Dont know 5
-10 No answer/Does not apply 109768
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
-5 Non-data due to seasonal-to-calendar quarter change 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. PROMPT AS NECESSARY
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 TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.
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