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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2016

Variable Details

VariableHITQUA15
LabelHighest qualification training leads to
Responses
1 Higher degree 692
2 NVQ level 5 38
3 Level 8 Diploma 0
4 Level 8 Certificate 0
5 Level 7 Diploma 3
6 Level 7 Certificate 0
7 Level 8 Award 0
8 First degree 1459
9 Other degree 258
10 NVQ level 4 39
11 Level 6 Diploma 2
12 Level 6 Certificate 0
13 Level 7 Award 0
14 Diploma in higher education 120
15 Level 5 Diploma 5
16 Level 5 Certificate 0
17 Level 6 Award 0
18 HNC/HND/BTEC higher etc 132
19 Teaching qualification 51
20 Nursing 75
21 OCR higher 0
22 Other higher education below degree 55
23 Level 4 Diploma 2
24 Level 4 certificate 4
25 Level 5 award 0
26 NVQ level 3 318
27 Progression or advanced diploma 19
28 Level 3 Diploma 12
29 Advanced Welsh Bac 0
30 International Bac 12
31 Scottish Baccalaureate 0
32 A level or equivalent 935
33 OCR advanced 1
34 Ond/onc,btec/scotvec/national level etc 246
35 City& Guilds advanced craft part 3 23
36 SCE higher or equivalent 52
37 Access to Higher Education 19
38 A/S level or equivalent 115
39 Trade apprenticeship 310
40 Level 3 certificate 1
41 Level 4 award 0
42 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 180
43 Intermediate Welsh baccalaureate 0
44 OCR intermediate 2
45 City and Guilds craft part 2 19
46 Btec/scotvec first or general diploma etc 60
47 Higher Diploma (14-19) 8
48 Level 2 diploma 4
49 Level 2 certificate 3
50 Scottish National level 5 21
51 O level/GCSE or equiv 398
52 Level 3 award 2
53 NVQ level 1 or equiv 44
54 Foundation Welsh baccalaureate 0
55 Foundation Diploma 10
56 Level 1 Diploma 5
57 Scottish National level 4 2
58 Btec/scotvec first or general certificate etc 16
59 Scotvec modules or equiv 0
60 OCR basic 2
61 Scottish National level 3 2
62 Scottish National below level 3 2
63 City and Guilds foundation part 1 4
64 Level 1 certificate 2
65 Level 2 award 0
66 Key skills qualification 2
67 Basic skills qualification 59
68 Entry level qualification 30
69 Entry level diploma 2
70 Entry level certificate 1
71 Level 1 award 2
72 Entry level award 0
73 Other qualification 1141
74 No qualification 54605
75 Don't know 124
-9 Does not apply 26644
-8 No answer 71
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2016
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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