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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 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 1
6 3
8 2
9 7
10 6
11 27
12 42
13 41
14 187
15 1823
16 10821
17 2960
18 7157
19 1723
20 1298
21 5055
22 3827
23 1961
24 1141
25 662
26 331
27 232
28 159
29 84
30 52
31 30
32 25
33 25
34 14
35 21
36 16
37 8
38 4
39 4
40 11
41 2
42 5
43 3
44 3
45 5
46 3
47 8
48 4
49 5
50 3
51 1
52 2
53 2
54 1
55 1
56 1
58 1
59 1
66 1
96 Still in education 2460
97 Never had an education 78
-9 Does not apply 18741
-8 No answer 209
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 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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