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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2016

Variable Details

VariableHICOMBMA
LabelHigher degree main subject area
Responses
1 Medicine 21
2 Medical related Subjects 25
3 Biological Sciences 30
4 Agricultural Sciences 6
5 Physical/Environmental Sciences 28
6 Mathematical l Sciences 20
7 Engineering 25
8 Technology 18
9 Architecture and related studies 5
10 Social Sciences 37
11 Business and Financial Studies 73
12 Librarianship and Information Studies 3
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic and Ancient Languages 16
14 European Languages 23
15 Other Languages 3
16 Humanities 31
17 Arts 19
18 Education 47
19 Computing 9
20 Law 9
-9 Does not apply 90332
-8 No answer 7
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsProbe main subject studied in qualification. CODE ONE SUBJECT AREA ONLY
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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