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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, December 2020 - February 2021

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 2282
2 Diploma in Higher Education 120
3 HNC/HND 71
4 ONC/OND 12
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/Edexcel/LQL 294
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 1
7 Teaching qualif. (excl. PGCE) 80
8 Nursing or other medical qualif. not yet mentioned 94
9 Other Higher Education qualifs below degree level 52
10 A-Level/Vocat'l A-Level/GCE in Applied Subjects/T-Level or e 926
11 New Diploma 37
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 9
14 NVQ/SVQ 397
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 0
16 AS-level/Vocatl AS-Level or equiv. 37
17 Certificate of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 0
18 Access to HE 21
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 67
24 RSA/OCR 1
25 City and Guilds 84
26 YT Certificate 0
27 Key skills/Core skills (Scotland) 16
28 Basic skills (Skills for life/literacy/numeracy/lang) 33
29 Entry Level Qualifications 7
30 Award, Certificate or Diploma, at Entry level and Levels 1 t 85
31 Any other professional/work-related qualification 1169
33 Scottish Baccalaureate 1
34 Nationals (Scotland) 25
35 Skills for Work (Scotland) 0
-9 Does not apply 73020
-8 No answer 57
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, December 2020 - February 2021
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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