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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2024

Variable Details

VariableEDAGE
LabelAge when completed full time education
Question text How old were you when you finished your continuous full-time education?
Responses
5 3
6 3
7 1
8 4
9 5
10 7
11 31
12 30
13 36
14 147
15 1777
16 9367
17 2601
18 5947
19 1487
20 1108
21 4137
22 3235
23 1699
24 874
25 557
26 281
27 175
28 120
29 60
30 47
31 19
32 20
33 12
34 8
35 12
36 8
37 2
38 4
39 2
40 8
41 2
42 4
43 2
44 3
45 4
46 4
47 1
48 5
49 4
50 2
52 1
53 1
56 1
59 1
96 Still in education 2179
97 Never had an education 44
-9 Does not apply 16370
-8 No answer 167
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2024
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD Answer entered as an age. 96 = still in continuous education. 97 = never had continuous education.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.
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