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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2024

Variable Details

VariableQULHI11
LabelWhat qualifications studying for
Question text What qualifications are you studying for?
Responses
1 Degree level qualif. incl. foundation degrees, graduate memb 1768
2 Diploma in Higher Education 92
3 HNC/HND 71
4 ONC/OND 7
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/Edexcel/LQL 199
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 2
7 Teaching qualif. (excl. PGCE) 55
8 Nursing or other medical qualif. not yet mentioned 73
9 Other Higher Education qualifs below degree level 37
10 A-Level/Vocat'l A-Level/GCE in Applied Subjects/T-Level or e 782
11 New Diploma 19
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 6
14 NVQ/SVQ 328
15 GNVQ/GSVQ 0
16 AS-level/Vocatl AS-Level or equiv. 33
17 Certificate of 6th Yr. Studies (CSYS) or equiv. 0
18 Access to HE 11
19 O-Level or equiv. 0
20 Standard/Ordinary (O) Grade/Lower (Scotland) 0
21 GCSE/Vocatl GCSE 269
22 CSE 0
23 Advanced Higher/Higher/Intermediate/Access qualifs (Scotland 54
24 RSA/OCR 3
25 City and Guilds 58
26 YT Certificate 0
27 Key skills/Core skills (Scotland) 17
28 Basic skills (Skills for life/literacy/numeracy/lang) 21
29 Entry Level Qualifications 11
30 Award, Certificate or Diploma, at Entry level and Levels 1 t 86
31 Any other professional/work-related qualification 973
33 Scottish Baccalaureate 1
34 Nationals (Scotland) 17
35 Skills for Work (Scotland) 0
-9 Does not apply 58039
-8 No answer 37
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2024
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingFour sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected quarterly
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