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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableQUALS04
LabelType of qualification 5
Question text Which qualifications do (you think) you have, starting with the highest qualifications? Response 4
Responses
1 Degree level qualification or equiv 3
2 Diploma in higher education 9
3 HNC, HND 4
4 ONC, OND 6
5 BTEC, BEC, TEC 11
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC, SCOTBEC 3
7 Teaching qualification 16
8 Nursing or other medical qualification 12
9 other higher education qualification 4
10 A level or equiv 29
11 SCE 9
12 NVQ, SVQ 21
13 GNVQ, GSVQ 4
14 AS level 6
15 Scottish CSYS or equivalent 2
16 CSYS or equivalent 4
17 O level or equivalent 348
18 GCSE 68
19 CSE 227
20 RSA 192
21 City & Guilds 178
22 YT certificate 19
23 Other prof, voc, foreign qualifications 914
24 Dont know 0
-10 No answer/Does not apply 152124
-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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