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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableHIQUAL
LabelHighest qualification
Responses
1 Higher degree 2690
2 NVQ level 5 66
3 First degree 6869
4 Other degree 1465
5 NVQ level 4 115
6 Diploma in higher education 965
7 HNC,HND,BTEC etc higher 3128
8 Teaching, further education 204
9 Teaching, secondary education 319
10 Teaching, primary education 507
11 Teaching, level not stated 16
12 Nursing etc 2006
13 RSA higher diploma 78
14 Other higher education below degree 426
15 NVQ level 3 497
16 GNVQ advanced 93
17 A level or equivalent 6315
18 RSA advanced diploma 165
19 OND,ONC,BTEC etc, national 1745
20 City & Guilds advanced craft 1737
21 Scottish CSYS 210
22 SCE higher or equivalent 575
23 A,S level or equivalent 63
24 Trade apprenticeship 10011
25 NVQ level 2 997
26 GNVQ intermediate 152
27 RSA diploma 217
28 City & Guilds craft 740
29 BTEC,SCOTVEC first or general diploma et 328
30 O level, GCSE grade A-C or equivalent 17557
31 NVQ level 1 218
32 GNVQ,GSVQ foundation level 21
33 CSE below grade1,GCSE below grade c 3592
34 BTEC,SCOTVEC first or general certificat 53
35 SCOTVEC modules 136
36 RSA other 1023
37 City & Guilds other 517
38 YT,YTP certificate 107
39 Other qualification 7299
40 No qualifications 21272
41 Don't Know 531
-10 No answer/Does not apply 59188
-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
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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