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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2017

Variable Details

VariableQULHI11
LabelWhat qualifications studying for
Question text What qualifications are you studying for?
Responses
1 Degree level qualif. incl. foundation degrees, graduate memb 2784
2 Diploma in Higher Education 141
3 HNC/HND 128
4 ONC/OND 8
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/Edexcel/LQL 408
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 3
7 Teaching qualif. (excl. PGCE) 62
8 Nursing or other medical qualif. not yet mentioned 94
9 Other Higher Education qualifs below degree level 68
10 A-Level/Vocatl A-Level/GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent 1037
11 New Diploma 57
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 11
14 NVQ/SVQ 721
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 0
16 AS-level/Vocatl AS-Level or equiv. 100
17 Certificate of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 0
18 Access to HE 31
19 O-Level or equiv. 0
20 Standard/Ordinary (O) Grade/Lower (Scotland) 0
21 GCSE/Vocatl GCSE 545
22 CSE 0
23 Advanced Higher/Higher/Intermediate/Access qualifs (Scotland 86
24 RSA/OCR 3
25 City and Guilds 108
26 YT Certificate 0
27 Key skills/Core skills (Scotland) 4
28 Basic skills (Skills for life/literacy/numeracy/lang) 70
29 Entry Level Qualifications 16
30 Award, Certificate or Diploma, at Entry level and Levels 1 t 100
31 Any other professional/work-related qualification 1292
33 Scottish Baccalaureate 1
34 Nationals (Scotland) 28
35 Skills for Work (Scotland) 1
-9 Does not apply 80527
-8 No answer 93
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;Households;National
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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