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[Value labels should read:
(1) Not yet attending education
(2) Nursery school/nursery class/playgroup/pre-school
(3) State-run/maintained primary (including reception classes)
(4) State-run special (eg for children with disabilities and special educational needs)
(5) Middle deemed primary school (state-run or assisted)
(6) Middle deemed secondary school (state-run or assisted)
(7) Secondary/grammar school (state run or assisted)
(8) Non-advanced further education/ sixth form/tertiary/further education college
(9) Any private/Independent school (prep, primary, secondary, City Technology Colleges
(10) University/polytechnic/any other higher education
(11) Home Schooling]
Universe
Location of units of observation: National;Population: Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2014.
Sampling
Multi-stage stratified random sample
Study Type
Repeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.