Variable : Qualifications Held

Variables serve as the dimensions of nCubes, and are generally based on the questions on forms such as the census schedule. However, in the aggregate data held in the Vision of Britain system we do not store the individual responses but counts of the number of each kind of response, so variables are made up of categories, such as age groups.

Identifier:
V_EDUC_LEVEL_SML_AREA
Name:
Qualifications Held
Type:
Variable (V)
Text:
This system of four "Levels" appears in the census Small Area Statistics for 2001, 2011 and 2021/2. Some tabulations a;so include categories for apprenticeships or "Other Qualifications", mainly vocational, but this varies between census offices as well as censuses. The definitions quoted here are from the 2021 census of England and Wales.

Variable "Qualifications Held" is contained within:


Themes, which organise the database into broad topics:

Entity ID Entity Name
T_LEARN Learning & Language

Datasets or nCubes, containing the actual data:

Entity ID Entity Name
N_EDUC_LEVEL_SML_AREA Age at Termination of Education

Variables, defining what data was gathered for:

Entity ID Entity Name
V_EDUC_LEVEL_UNQU Obtaining basic qualifications
V_EDUC_LEVEL_GRAD Obtaining Degreed


Variable "Qualifications Held" contains:


Categories, defining the values available for each variable :

Entity ID Entity Name
C_EDUC_LEVEL_SML_AREA_1 No academic qualifications
C_EDUC_LEVEL_SML_AREA_2 1-4 GCSE/O-Levels, etc
C_EDUC_LEVEL_SML_AREA_3 5+ GCSE/O-Levels, etc
C_EDUC_LEVEL_SML_AREA_4 2+ A-Levels, etc
C_EDUC_LEVEL_SML_AREA_5 Degree