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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2017

Variable Details

VariableHITQUA15
LabelHighest qualification training leads to
Responses
1 Higher degree 790
2 NVQ level 5 37
3 Level 8 Diploma 0
4 Level 8 Certificate 0
5 Level 7 Diploma 1
6 Level 7 Certificate 3
7 Level 8 Award 0
8 First degree 2092
9 Other degree 317
10 NVQ level 4 49
11 Level 6 Diploma 2
12 Level 6 Certificate 1
13 Level 7 Award 3
14 Diploma in higher education 148
15 Level 5 Diploma 9
16 Level 5 Certificate 1
17 Level 6 Award 0
18 HNC/HND/BTEC higher etc 168
19 Teaching qualification 65
20 Nursing 103
21 OCR higher 0
22 Other higher education below degree 77
23 Level 4 Diploma 6
24 Level 4 certificate 3
25 Level 5 award 0
26 NVQ level 3 360
27 Progression or advanced diploma 31
28 Level 3 Diploma 20
29 Advanced Welsh Bac 1
30 International Bac 11
31 Scottish Baccalaureate 1
32 A level or equivalent 1112
33 OCR advanced 0
34 Ond/onc,btec/scotvec/national level etc 258
35 City and Guilds advanced craft part 3 23
36 SCE higher or equivalent 69
37 Access to Higher Education 32
38 A/S level or equivalent 105
39 Trade apprenticeship 322
40 Level 3 certificate 4
41 Level 4 award 0
42 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 197
43 Intermediate Welsh baccalaureate 0
44 OCR intermediate 3
45 City and Guilds craft part 2 30
46 Btec/scotvec first or general diploma etc 79
47 Higher Diploma (14-19) 12
48 Level 2 diploma 5
49 Level 2 certificate 7
50 Scottish National level 5 23
51 O level/GCSE or equiv 566
52 Level 3 award 2
53 NVQ level 1 or equiv 47
54 Foundation Welsh baccalaureate 0
55 Foundation Diploma 8
56 Level 1 Diploma 4
57 Scottish National level 4 3
58 Btec/scotvec first or general certificate etc 25
59 Scotvec modules or equiv 0
60 OCR basic 0
61 Scottish National level 3 0
62 Scottish National below level 3 4
63 City and Guilds foundation part 1 12
64 Level 1 certificate 5
65 Level 2 award 6
66 Key skills qualification 5
67 Basic skills qualification 72
68 Entry level qualification 16
69 Entry level diploma 2
70 Entry level certificate 4
71 Level 1 award 1
72 Entry level award 0
73 Other qualification 1303
74 No qualification 55996
75 Don't know 141
-9 Does not apply 27298
-8 No answer 81
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2017
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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