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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2024

Variable Details

VariableHITQUA15
LabelHighest qualification training leads to
Responses
1 Higher degree 589
2 NVQ level 5 15
3 Level 8 Diploma 1
4 Level 8 Certificate 1
5 Level 7 Diploma 2
6 Level 7 Certificate 0
7 Level 8 Award 0
8 First degree 1032
9 Other degree 171
10 NVQ level 4 36
11 Level 6 Diploma 2
12 Level 6 Certificate 0
13 Level 7 Award 0
14 Diploma in higher education 72
15 Level 5 Diploma 1
16 Level 5 Certificate 1
17 Level 6 Award 1
18 HNC/HND/BTEC higher etc 75
19 Teaching qualification 42
20 Nursing 74
21 OCR higher 0
22 Other higher education below degree 34
23 Level 4 Diploma 8
24 Level 4 certificate 6
25 Level 5 award 1
26 NVQ level 3 129
27 Progression or advanced diploma 8
28 Level 3 Diploma 13
29 Advanced Welsh Bac 1
30 International Bac 7
31 Scottish Baccalaureate 0
32 A level or equivalent 723
33 OCR advanced 0
34 Ond/onc,btec/scotvec/national level etc 103
35 City and Guilds advanced craft part 3 16
36 SCE higher or equivalent 31
37 Access to Higher Education 8
38 A/S level or equivalent 38
39 Trade apprenticeship 292
40 Level 3 certificate 4
41 Level 4 award 0
42 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 76
43 Intermediate Welsh baccalaureate 0
44 OCR intermediate 0
45 City and Guilds craft part 2 7
46 Btec/scotvec first or general diploma etc 28
47 Higher Diploma (14-19) 5
48 Level 2 diploma 4
49 Level 2 certificate 1
50 Scottish National level 5 13
51 O level/GCSE or equiv 277
52 Level 3 award 0
53 NVQ level 1 or equiv 27
54 Foundation Welsh baccalaureate 0
55 Foundation Diploma 2
56 Level 1 Diploma 1
57 Scottish National level 4 0
58 Btec/scotvec first or general certificate etc 7
59 Scotvec modules or equiv 0
60 OCR basic 0
61 Scottish National level 3 2
62 Scottish National below level 3 2
63 City and Guilds foundation part 1 4
64 Level 1 certificate 3
65 Level 2 award 1
66 Key skills qualification 20
67 Basic skills qualification 22
68 Entry level qualification 6
69 Entry level diploma 1
70 Entry level certificate 2
71 Level 1 award 0
72 Entry level award 0
73 Other qualification 819
74 No qualification 37587
75 Don't know 69
-9 Does not apply 18741
-8 No answer 36
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2024
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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