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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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 2674
2 Diploma in Higher Education 132
3 HNC/HND 121
4 ONC/OND 9
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/Edexcel/LQL 365
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 2
7 Teaching qualif. (excl. PGCE) 71
8 Nursing or other medical qualif. not yet mentioned 125
9 Other Higher Education qualifs below degree level 58
10 A-Level/Vocatl A-Level/GCE in Applied Subjects or equivalent 940
11 New Diploma 40
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 11
14 NVQ/SVQ 732
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 0
16 AS-level/Vocatl AS-Level or equiv. 59
17 Certificate of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 0
18 Access to HE 19
19 O-Level or equiv. 0
20 Standard/Ordinary (O) Grade/Lower (Scotland) 0
21 GCSE/Vocatl GCSE 350
22 CSE 0
23 Advanced Higher/Higher/Intermediate/Access qualifs (Scotland 70
24 RSA/OCR 3
25 City and Guilds 97
26 YT Certificate 0
27 Key skills/Core skills (Scotland) 10
28 Basic skills (Skills for life/literacy/numeracy/lang) 69
29 Entry Level Qualifications 25
30 Award, Certificate or Diploma, at Entry level and Levels 1 t 91
31 Any other professional/work-related qualification 1342
33 Scottish Baccalaureate 0
34 Nationals (Scotland) 18
35 Skills for Work (Scotland) 3
-9 Does not apply 81207
-8 No answer 82
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
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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