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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 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 2670
2 Diploma in Higher Education 129
3 HNC/HND 87
4 ONC/OND 13
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/Edexcel/LQL 310
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 1
7 Teaching qualif. (excl. PGCE) 83
8 Nursing or other medical qualif. not yet mentioned 96
9 Other Higher Education qualifs below degree level 52
10 A-Level/Vocat'l A-Level/GCE in Applied Subjects/T-Level or e 978
11 New Diploma 40
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 1
13 International Baccalaureate 9
14 NVQ/SVQ 440
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 0
16 AS-level/Vocatl AS-Level or equiv. 32
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 415
22 CSE 0
23 Advanced Higher/Higher/Intermediate/Access qualifs (Scotland 70
24 RSA/OCR 1
25 City and Guilds 96
26 YT Certificate 0
27 Key skills/Core skills (Scotland) 15
28 Basic skills (Skills for life/literacy/numeracy/lang) 36
29 Entry Level Qualifications 6
30 Award, Certificate or Diploma, at Entry level and Levels 1 t 88
31 Any other professional/work-related qualification 1303
33 Scottish Baccalaureate 1
34 Nationals (Scotland) 25
35 Skills for Work (Scotland) 1
-9 Does not apply 77202
-8 No answer 67
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2021
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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