mother's educational qualifications
Mother’s highest educational qualification when respondent was aged 14. Combines information from two versions of the question, where version A uses a showcard and version B does not.
See MAEDQF
Datafile
Derived variable note:
Mother's highest educational qualification when respondent was aged 14. Combines information from two versions of the question, where version A uses a showcard and version B does not.
See MAEDQF
Derived variable note:
Uses MAEDQF_A MAEDQF_B/
Question asked in the latest wave:
familybackground_ip17.maedqf
Question label:
Mother's educational qualifications
Question text:
Which of these best describes the type of qualifications your mother gained?
Question universe:
if [(ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS) & ff_everint 1] // New entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2373 | 95.15% |
| proxy | -7 | 30 | 1.2% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.12% |
| She did not go to school at all | 1 | 1 | 0.04% |
| She left school with no qualifications or certificates | 2 | 16 | 0.64% |
| She left school with some qualifications or certificates | 3 | 35 | 1.4% |
| She gained post school quals or certs (e.g. City & Guilds) | 4 | 16 | 0.64% |
| She gained a university degree or higher degree | 5 | 15 | 0.6% |
| Other | 97 | 5 | 0.2% |
| Total | 2494 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2700 | 94.84% |
| proxy | -7 | 22 | 0.77% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 7 | 0.25% |
| She did not go to school at all | 1 | 1 | 0.04% |
| She left school with no qualifications or certificates | 2 | 25 | 0.88% |
| She left school with some qualifications or certificates | 3 | 44 | 1.55% |
| She gained post school quals or certs (e.g. City & Guilds) | 4 | 20 | 0.7% |
| She gained a university degree or higher degree | 5 | 22 | 0.77% |
| Other | 97 | 5 | 0.18% |
| Total | 2847 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2546 | 93.6% |
| proxy | -7 | 34 | 1.25% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.07% |
| don't know | -1 | 7 | 0.26% |
| She left school with no qualifications or certificates | 2 | 36 | 1.32% |
| She left school with some qualifications or certificates | 3 | 41 | 1.51% |
| She gained further qualifications or certificates after leaving school (e.g. an apprenticeship, nursing or teaching q | 4 | 29 | 1.07% |
| She gained a university degree or higher degree | 5 | 21 | 0.77% |
| Other | 97 | 4 | 0.15% |
| Total | 2720 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1456 | 61.05% |
| proxy | -7 | 206 | 8.64% |
| don't know | -1 | 86 | 3.61% |
| she did not go to school at all | 1 | 11 | 0.46% |
| she left school with no qualifications or certificates | 2 | 282 | 11.82% |
| she left school with some qualifications or certificates | 3 | 198 | 8.3% |
| she gained post school quals or certs (e.g. city & guilds) | 4 | 111 | 4.65% |
| she gained a university degree or higher degree | 5 | 34 | 1.43% |
| other | 97 | 1 | 0.04% |
| Total | 2385 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1650 | 88.24% |
| proxy respondent | -7 | 82 | 4.39% |
| don't know | -1 | 10 | 0.53% |
| she did not go to school at all | 1 | 1 | 0.05% |
| she left school with no qualifications or certificates | 2 | 46 | 2.46% |
| she left school with some qualifications or certificates | 3 | 53 | 2.83% |
| she gained further qualifications or certificates after leav | 4 | 13 | 0.7% |
| she gained a university degree or higher degree | 5 | 12 | 0.64% |
| other | 97 | 3 | 0.16% |
| Total | 1870 | 100.0% |
