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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Community Life Survey, 2015-2016

Variable Details

VariableEdQual
LabelHighest level of qualification held
Question text Starting from the top of this list, please look down the list of qualifications and tell me the number of the first one you come to that you have passed. 1. Higher degree/postgraduate qualifications 2. First degree (including BEd) Postgraduate Diplomas/Certificates (including PGCE) Professional qualifications at Degree level (eg chartered accountant/ surveyor) NVQ/SVQ Level 4 or 5 3. Diplomas in higher educatio/other HE qualification HNC/HND/BTEC higher Teaching qualifications for schools/further education (below degree level) Nursing/other medical qualifications (below degree level) RSA Higher Diploma 4. A/AS levels/SCE higher/Scottish Certificate 6th Year Studies NVQ/SVQ/GSVQ level 3/GNVQ Advanced ONC/OND/BTEC National City and Guilds Advanced Craft/Final level/Part III RSA Advanced Diploma 5. Trade Apprenticeships 6. O level/GCSE Grades A*-C/SCE Standard/Ordinary Grades 1-3 NVQ/SVQ/GSVQ level 2/GNVQ intermediate BTEC/SCOTVEC First/General diploma City and Guilds Craft/Ordinary level/Part II/RSA Diploma 7. O level/GCSE grade D-G/SCE Standard/Ordinary grades below 3 NVQ/SVQ/ GSVQ level 1/GNVQ foundation BTEC/SCOTVEC First/General certificate City and Guilds Part I/RSA Stage I-III SCOTVEC modules/Junior Certificate 8. Other qualifications including overseas
Responses
1 Higher degree/ postgraduate qualifications 274
2 First degree (including BEd) / Postgraduate Diplomas/Certif 391
3 Diplomas in higher education/ other HE qualification / HNC/H 305
4 A/AS levels / SCE higher / Scottish Certificate 6th Year Stu 336
5 Trade Apprenticeships 88
6 O level/GCSE Grades A*-C/ SCE Standard/Ordina ry Grades 1-3 451
7 O level/GCSE Grades D-G/ SCE Standard/Ordina ry Grades below 95
8 Other qualifications including overseas 56
-9 Refused 1
-8 Don't Know 0
-1 Item not applicable 1030
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationCommunity Life Survey, 2015-2016
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD 47
UniverseNational;Adults (aged 16 years and over) resident in England, during 2015-2016.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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