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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2023

Variable Details

VariableHITQUA15
LabelHighest qualification training leads to
Responses
1 Higher degree 378
2 NVQ level 5 25
3 Level 8 Diploma 0
4 Level 8 Certificate 0
5 Level 7 Diploma 2
6 Level 7 Certificate 3
7 Level 8 Award 0
8 First degree 777
9 Other degree 99
10 NVQ level 4 19
11 Level 6 Diploma 5
12 Level 6 Certificate 0
13 Level 7 Award 1
14 Diploma in higher education 44
15 Level 5 Diploma 3
16 Level 5 Certificate 2
17 Level 6 Award 0
18 HNC/HND/BTEC higher etc 52
19 Teaching qualification 29
20 Nursing 47
21 OCR higher 0
22 Other higher education below degree 24
23 Level 4 Diploma 2
24 Level 4 certificate 0
25 Level 5 award 0
26 NVQ level 3 114
27 Progression or advanced diploma 8
28 Level 3 Diploma 10
29 Advanced Welsh Bac 0
30 International Bac 5
31 Scottish Baccalaureate 0
32 A level or equivalent 570
33 OCR advanced 0
34 Ond/onc,btec/scotvec/national level etc 64
35 City and Guilds advanced craft part 3 16
36 SCE higher or equivalent 21
37 Access to Higher Education 7
38 A/S level or equivalent 22
39 Trade apprenticeship 191
40 Level 3 certificate 2
41 Level 4 award 0
42 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 58
43 Intermediate Welsh baccalaureate 0
44 OCR intermediate 0
45 City and Guilds craft part 2 8
46 Btec/scotvec first or general diploma etc 16
47 Higher Diploma (14-19) 3
48 Level 2 diploma 1
49 Level 2 certificate 1
50 Scottish National level 5 9
51 O level/GCSE or equiv 214
52 Level 3 award 1
53 NVQ level 1 or equiv 14
54 Foundation Welsh baccalaureate 0
55 Foundation Diploma 2
56 Level 1 Diploma 0
57 Scottish National level 4 1
58 Btec/scotvec first or general certificate etc 4
59 Scotvec modules or equiv 0
60 OCR basic 0
61 Scottish National level 3 0
62 Scottish National below level 3 0
63 City and Guilds foundation part 1 0
64 Level 1 certificate 1
65 Level 2 award 1
66 Key skills qualification 8
67 Basic skills qualification 13
68 Entry level qualification 8
69 Entry level diploma 0
70 Entry level certificate 0
71 Level 1 award 1
72 Entry level award 1
73 Other qualification 579
74 No qualification 28226
75 Don't know 52
-9 Does not apply 14215
-8 No answer 31
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2023
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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