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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableQUALS02
LabelType of qualification 3
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 2
Responses
1 Degree level qualification or equiv 97
2 Diploma in higher education 26
3 HNC, HND 96
4 ONC, OND 305
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 127
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 107
7 Teaching qualification 134
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 94
9 other higher education qualification 105
10 A level or equiv 2021
11 SCE 273
12 NVQ, SVQ 229
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 21
14 AS level 90
15 Scottish CSYS or equivalent 117
16 CSYS or equivalent 39
17 O level or equivalent 9417
18 GCSE 1316
19 CSE 1535
20 RSA 1697
21 City & Guilds 1679
22 YT certificate 203
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 5185
24 Dont know 2
-10 No answer/Does not apply 129298
-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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