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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
ahvwell Importance of doing well in quals
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
  12. 14
apvocimp Importance of Apprenticeship/Vocational
  1. indresp
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 9
  5. 11
  6. 13
edasp highest level exam like get b/f leave school
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. BH12
  16. BH13
  17. BH14
  18. BH15
  19. BH16
  20. BH17
  21. BH18
edasp_bh Highest lvl exam like get b/f leave sch
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH13
  3. BH14
  4. BH15
  5. BH16
  6. BH17
  7. BH18
fedasp Would like to go onto further education
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH13
  3. BH14
  4. BH15
  5. BH16
  6. BH17
  7. BH18
fedlik likelihood of entering further education
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
fedlik_bh Likelihood of entering further education
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH13
  3. BH14
  4. BH15
  5. BH16
  6. BH17
  7. BH18
fednt reasons not going on to further education
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
fednt1 1st reason not going on to f/education
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH13
  3. BH14
  4. BH15
  5. BH16
  6. BH17
  7. BH18
fednt2 2nd reason not going on to f/education
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH13
  3. BH14
  4. BH15
  5. BH16
  6. BH17
  7. BH18
fednto_code other reason not going to fe
  1. indresp
  1. 3
fedtyp Type of further education R like to do
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH13
  3. BH14
  4. BH15
  5. BH16
  6. BH17
  7. BH18
futra likelihood: gain training/uni place
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 7
  5. 9
  6. 11
  7. 13
  8. BH12
  9. BH13
  10. BH17
futra_bh Likelihood: gain training/uni place
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH13
  3. BH17
futrb likelihood: sucessfully finish studies
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 7
  5. 9
  6. 11
  7. 13
  8. BH12
  9. BH13
  10. BH17
futrb_bh Likelihood: sucessfully finish studies
  1. indresp
  1. BH12
  2. BH13
  3. BH17
hedlik Likelihood of entering higher education
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
hednt Reason might not go on to higher education
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
hednto_code Other reason not going to HE
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
levelimp Parents think A levels/Highers important
  1. indresp
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 7
  5. 9
  6. 11
  7. 13
lvscdo want to do after leave school
  1. indresp
  1. 3
lvschdo Want to do after school/college
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. 14
oddsapply Chance of applying to university
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
oddsemp1 Chance of being employed if have degree
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
oddsemp3 Chance of being employed if do not go to university
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
oddsqual Chance of getting qualifications to enter university
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
oddsschol Chance of applying to Uni if scholarship
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
pedchpno Identifier for co-resident child, ed expectations
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
pheapplied Parental: Applied to HE
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
poddsapply Chance of applying to university
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
poddsemp1 Chance of being employed if study first choice
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8
poddsemp3 Chance of being employed if do not go to university
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 8

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