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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2016

Variable Details

VariableDEGNOW
LabelType of degree currently study towards
Question text Are you studying for a... higher degree (including PGCE), undergraduate degree, foundation degree, other (e.g. graduate member of a professional institute or chartered accountant)?
Responses
1 Higher degree (inc PGCE) 911
2 First degree 2416
3 Foundation Degree 135
4 Other (inc prof institute etc) 143
5 Don't know 37
-9 Does not apply 90866
-8 No answer 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsCODE FIRST THAT APPLIES.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
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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