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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, December 2021 - February 2022

Variable Details

VariableNVQAF15
LabelWhat is your highest level of full NVQ? (After October 2015)
Question text What is your highest level of full NVQ?
Responses
1 Level 1 – (Equivalent to GCSE grades D to G, or 3 to 1) 26
2 Level 2 - (Equivalent to GCSE grades A* to C, or 9 to 4) 209
3 Level 3 – (Equivalent to AS or A Level) 290
4 Level 4 – (Equivalent to university first year degree) 51
5 Level 5 – (Equivalent to university second year) 29
6 Level 6 – (Equivalent to bachelor’s degree) 14
7 Level 7 – (Equivalent to postgraduate) 3
8 Level 8 – (Equivalent to doctorate) 0
9 Entry level 0
10 Other NVQ qualification 10
11 Don’t know 54
-9 Does not apply 80361
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, December 2021 - February 2022
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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