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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
qualnew4 New qualifications gained: Teaching qualification (excluding PGCE)
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 7
  3. 6
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. 2
qualnew40 New qualifications gained: Access to Higher Education (HE) Diploma
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 14
  7. 15
qualnew41 New qualifications gained: Scottish Baccalaureate
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 14
  7. 15
qualnew42 New qualifications gained: Advanced Higher
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 14
  7. 15
qualnew43 New qualifications gained: NVQ/SVQ
  1. indresp
  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 9
  6. 14
  7. 15
qualnew5 New qualifications gained: Nursing/other med qual
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 15
  3. 10
  4. 9
  5. 8
  6. 7
  7. 6
  8. 5
  9. 4
  10. 13
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 12
  14. 14
qualnew6 New qualifications gained: Other higher degree
  1. indresp
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 12
  6. 14
  7. 11
  8. 15
  9. 10
  10. 9
  11. 8
  12. 7
  13. 6
  14. 5
qualnew7 New qualifications gained: A Level
  1. indresp
  1. 9
  2. 8
  3. 7
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 4
  7. 13
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. 12
  11. 14
  12. 11
  13. 15
  14. 10
qualnew8 New qualifications gained: Welsh Baccalaureate
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 11
  5. 15
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 8
  9. 7
  10. 6
  11. 5
  12. 4
  13. 13
  14. 3
qualnew9 New qualifications gained: Internt'l Baccalaureate
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. 13
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 12
  9. 14
  10. 11
  11. 15
  12. 10
  13. 9
  14. 8
qualoc UK or non-UK qualification
  1. indresp
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 9
  4. 8
  5. 7
  6. 6
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. 13
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 12
  13. 1
  14. 11
  15. 14
qualvoc1 Youth training cert.
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc11 HNC/HND
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc12 ONC/OND
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc13 BTEC/BEC/TEC/EdExcel/LQL
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc14 SCOTVEC/SCOTEC/SCOTBEC
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc15 Other voc/tech/prof qual
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc16 NVQ/SVQ
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc2 Key Skills
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc3 Basic skills
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc4 Entry lvl qual (Wales)
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc5 Modern apprenticeship/trade apprenticeship
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc6 RSA/OCR/Cleri/comm qual
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc7 City and Guilds Cert
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc8 GNVQ/GSVQ
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvoc96 None of the above
  1. indresp
  1. 9
qualvockuk Vocational qualifications gained in UK
  1. indresp
  1. 9
quarrel How often quarrel with children
  1. indresp
  1. 7
  2. 5
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 15
  6. 13
  7. 11
  8. 9
quarter sample quarter
  1. hhresp
  2. callrec
  3. child
  4. xwaveid
  5. xwavedat
  6. indresp
  7. hhsamp
  8. indsamp
  9. indall
  1. 10
  2. 9
  3. 8
  4. 14
  5. 7
  6. 15
  7. 6
  8. 13
  9. 12
  10. 11
queries1 purpose (e.g. what s the purpose? what s all this about?)
  1. hhsamp
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1
queries2 interview length (e.g. how long will this take?)
  1. hhsamp
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 2
queries3 panel design (e.g. you ll be coming back next year?)
  1. hhsamp
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1

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