HESA consent
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Question asked in the latest wave:
heconsent_w11.hesacons
Question label:
HESA consent
Question text:
We would like to add records held by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, or HESA, to the answers you have given us. These records contain information on your higher education experiences, including the subjects you studied and the qualifications you received. All information will be used for research purposes only by academic or policy researchers under restricted access arrangements which make sure the information is used responsibly and safely.
Do you give permission for us to pass your name, postcode, sex, date of birth and higher education institution to HESA or contractor working on their behalf for this purpose?
Question universe:
if GRIDVARIABLES.MODETYPE = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if (HEUKQUAL = 1) & (HEFINISH95 = 1) (Respondent has a UK higher education qualification and finished higher education in 1995 or after)
Question interviewer instructions:
IF THE RESPONDENT QUERIES, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THE HESA RECORDS CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE www.hesa.ac.uk.
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 21890 | 68.39% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| refusal | -2 | 100 | 0.31% |
| don't know | -1 | 105 | 0.33% |
| Yes | 1 | 5754 | 17.98% |
| No | 2 | 3695 | 11.54% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 47 | 0.1% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 40067 | 89.36% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| yes | 1 | 601 | 1.34% |
| no | 2 | 262 | 0.58% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
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