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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, 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 1971
2 Diploma in Higher Education 94
3 HNC/HND 77
4 ONC/OND 8
5 BTEC/BEC/TEC/Edexcel/LQL 212
6 SCOTVEC, SCOTEC or SCOTBEC 2
7 Teaching qualif. (excl. PGCE) 57
8 Nursing or other medical qualif. not yet mentioned 82
9 Other Higher Education qualifs below degree level 39
10 A-Level/Vocat'l A-Level/GCE in Applied Subjects/T-Level or e 812
11 New Diploma 20
12 Welsh Baccalaureate 0
13 International Baccalaureate 7
14 NVQ/SVQ 352
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 282
22 CSE 0
23 Advanced Higher/Higher/Intermediate/Access qualifs (Scotland 56
24 RSA/OCR 3
25 City and Guilds 64
26 YT Certificate 0
27 Key skills/Core skills (Scotland) 20
28 Basic skills (Skills for life/literacy/numeracy/lang) 21
29 Entry Level Qualifications 12
30 Award, Certificate or Diploma, at Entry level and Levels 1 t 88
31 Any other professional/work-related qualification 1026
33 Scottish Baccalaureate 1
34 Nationals (Scotland) 18
35 Skills for Work (Scotland) 0
-9 Does not apply 59868
-8 No answer 38
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2024
Interviewer InstructionsPROMPT AS NECESSARY CODE HIGHEST
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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