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troql1

Quals since ref date: Showcard D16: Code

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indresp

Index term

Education: Recent Education and Training

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	14044	88.94%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	6	0.04%
Clerical,commercial	1	27	0.17%
City & Guilds Pt.I	2	24	0.15%
City & Guilds Pt.II	3	11	0.07%
City & Guilds Pt.III	4	9	0.06%
OND,BTEC national	5	11	0.07%
HND,BTEC higher	6	7	0.04%
NVQ,SVQ level 1	7	33	0.21%
NVQ,SVQ level 2	8	56	0.35%
NVQ,SVQ level 3	9	44	0.28%
NVQ,SVQ level 4	10	11	0.07%
University diploma	11	14	0.09%
University degree	12	14	0.09%
Univ higher degree	13	14	0.09%
Other qualifications	14	446	2.82%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	14574	89.75%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	4	0.02%
Clerical,commercial	1	20	0.12%
City & Guilds Pt.I	2	30	0.18%
City & Guilds Pt.II	3	11	0.07%
City & Guilds Pt.III	4	3	0.02%
OND,BTEC national	5	7	0.04%
HND,BTEC higher	6	11	0.07%
NVQ,SVQ level 1	7	31	0.19%
NVQ,SVQ level 2	8	63	0.39%
NVQ,SVQ level 3	9	33	0.2%
NVQ,SVQ level 4	10	14	0.09%
University diploma	11	23	0.14%
University degree	12	10	0.06%
Univ higher degree	13	10	0.06%
Other qualifications	14	500	3.08%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	14968	90.18%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
don't know	-1	10	0.06%
Clerical,commercial	1	32	0.19%
City & Guilds Pt.I	2	29	0.17%
City & Guilds Pt.II	3	12	0.07%
City & Guilds Pt.III	4	10	0.06%
OND,BTEC national	5	8	0.05%
HND,BTEC higher	6	12	0.07%
NVQ,SVQ level 1	7	27	0.16%
NVQ,SVQ level 2	8	44	0.27%
NVQ,SVQ level 3	9	37	0.22%
NVQ,SVQ level 4	10	11	0.07%
University diploma	11	22	0.13%
University degree	12	8	0.05%
Univ higher degree	13	6	0.04%
Other qualifications	14	468	2.82%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	17180	91.06%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
Clerical,commercial	1	42	0.22%
City & Guilds Pt.I	2	38	0.2%
City & Guilds Pt.II	3	19	0.1%
City & Guilds Pt.III	4	6	0.03%
OND,BTEC national	5	3	0.02%
HND,BTEC higher	6	9	0.05%
NVQ,SVQ level 1	7	36	0.19%
NVQ,SVQ level 2	8	58	0.31%
NVQ,SVQ level 3	9	43	0.23%
NVQ,SVQ level 4	10	15	0.08%
University diploma	11	12	0.06%
University degree	12	16	0.08%
Univ higher degree	13	13	0.07%
Other qualifications	14	570	3.02%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	14262	91.41%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Clerical,commercial	1	29	0.19%
City & Guilds Pt.I	2	40	0.26%
City & Guilds Pt.II	3	14	0.09%
City & Guilds Pt.III	4	9	0.06%
OND,BTEC national	5	11	0.07%
HND,BTEC higher	6	12	0.08%
NVQ,SVQ level 1	7	31	0.2%
NVQ,SVQ level 2	8	53	0.34%
NVQ,SVQ level 3	9	25	0.16%
NVQ,SVQ level 4	10	11	0.07%
University diploma	11	17	0.11%
University degree	12	19	0.12%
Univ higher degree	13	8	0.05%
Other qualifications	14	532	3.41%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	14467	92.6%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	5	0.03%
Clerical,commercial	1	22	0.14%
City & Guilds Pt.I	2	34	0.22%
City & Guilds Pt.II	3	15	0.1%
City & Guilds Pt.III	4	3	0.02%
OND,BTEC national	5	16	0.1%
HND,BTEC higher	6	14	0.09%
NVQ,SVQ level 1	7	38	0.24%
NVQ,SVQ level 2	8	47	0.3%
NVQ,SVQ level 3	9	39	0.25%
NVQ,SVQ level 4	10	10	0.06%
University diploma	11	20	0.13%
University degree	12	15	0.1%
Univ higher degree	13	13	0.08%
Other qualifications	14	421	2.69%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	10012	91.8%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Clerical,commercial	1	29	0.27%
City & Guilds Pt.I	2	39	0.36%
City & Guilds Pt.II	3	13	0.12%
City & Guilds Pt.III	4	3	0.03%
OND,BTEC national	5	6	0.06%
HND,BTEC higher	6	9	0.08%
NVQ,SVQ level 1	7	31	0.28%
NVQ,SVQ level 2	8	30	0.28%
NVQ,SVQ level 3	9	15	0.14%
NVQ,SVQ level 4	10	3	0.03%
University diploma	11	8	0.07%
University degree	12	10	0.09%
Univ higher degree	13	8	0.07%
Other qualifications	14	321	2.94%
	Total	10906	100.0%

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