Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset
United Kingdom, 1991
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GBR_1991_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Subject of highest qualification (UK1991A_0421)
Data file: 1991-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
174
End:
175
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Answer to the remaining questions are not required for any person under 16 years of age (born after 21st April 1975)
[Applies to questions 13 - 19]
19. Degrees, professional and vocational qualifications
Has the persons obtained any qualifications after reaching the age of 18 such as:
- degrees, diplomas, HNC, HND,
- nursing qualifications,
- teaching qualifications (see * below),
- graduate or corporate membership of professional institutions,
- other professional, educational or vocational qualifications?
Do not count qualifications normally obtained at school such as GCE, CSE, GCSE, SCE and school certificates.
If box 2 is ticked, write in all qualifications even if they are not relevant to the person's present job or if the person is not working.
Please list the qualifications in the order in which they were obtained.
If more than three, please enter in a spare column and link with an arrow.
* For a person with school teaching qualifications, give the full title of the qualifications such as 'Certificate or Educations' and the subject(s) which the person is qualified to teach. The subject 'education' should the only be shown if the course had no other subject specialization.
[] 1 No - no such qualifications
[] 2 Yes - give details
1
Title ____
Subject(s) ____
Year ____
Institutions ____
2
Title ____
Subject(s) ____
Year ____
Institutions ____
3
Title ____
Subject(s) ____
Year ____
Institutions ____
[Applies to questions 13 - 19]
19. Degrees, professional and vocational qualifications
Has the persons obtained any qualifications after reaching the age of 18 such as:
- degrees, diplomas, HNC, HND,
- nursing qualifications,
- teaching qualifications (see * below),
- graduate or corporate membership of professional institutions,
- other professional, educational or vocational qualifications?
Do not count qualifications normally obtained at school such as GCE, CSE, GCSE, SCE and school certificates.
If box 2 is ticked, write in all qualifications even if they are not relevant to the person's present job or if the person is not working.
Please list the qualifications in the order in which they were obtained.
If more than three, please enter in a spare column and link with an arrow.
* For a person with school teaching qualifications, give the full title of the qualifications such as 'Certificate or Educations' and the subject(s) which the person is qualified to teach. The subject 'education' should the only be shown if the course had no other subject specialization.
[] 1 No - no such qualifications
[] 2 Yes - give details
1
Title ____
Subject(s) ____
Year ____
Institutions ____
2
Title ____
Subject(s) ____
Year ____
Institutions ____
3
Title ____
Subject(s) ____
Year ____
Institutions ____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Education (nes) |
| 2 | Education (without teacher training) and other subject |
| 3 | Education with teacher training and other subjects |
| 4 | Pre-clinical studies/clinical medicine |
| 5 | Pre-clinical dentistry/dentistry |
| 6 | Pharmacy/ pharmacology |
| 7 | Nursing |
| 8 | Ophthalmic optics |
| 9 | Other studies allied to medicine and health |
| 10 | Combinations of health with subject groups 3-10 |
| 11 | Aeronautical engineering |
| 12 | Chemical engineering (nes) |
| 13 | Chemical technology/ fuel technology |
| 14 | Civil engineering (nes) |
| 15 | Building |
| 16 | Electrical engineering |
| 17 | Electronics and electronic engineering |
| 18 | Mechanical engineering |
| 19 | Agricultural engineering/ automobile engineering |
| 20 | Marine engineering |
| 21 | Naval architecture |
| 22 | Production and control engineering (incl) |
| 23 | Mining |
| 24 | Metallurgy |
| 25 | General and other engineering subjects (including combinations) |
| 26 | Surveying |
| 27 | General technology and manufacture (nes) |
| 28 | Clothing and footwear/ textile technology and manufacture |
| 29 | Food technology and manufacture |
| 30 | Printing and book production |
| 31 | Combinations of technology with subject groups 4-10 |
| 32 | Agriculture |
| 33 | Agricultural biology |
| 34 | Agricultural chem/forestry/veterinary studs (nes) |
| 35 | Biology |
| 36 | Botany |
| 37 | Zoology |
| 38 | Physiology/ anatomy |
| 39 | Biochemistry |
| 40 | Combinations of biological science |
| 41 | Mathematics (nes) |
| 42 | (Applied) dynamics, thermodynamics/ maths and physics |
| 43 | Statistics |
| 44 | Physics |
| 45 | Computer science |
| 46 | Chemistry |
| 47 | Geology |
| 48 | Environmental sciences (other than geology) |
| 49 | Combinations of physical sci. (except maths and physics) |
| 50 | Biology with physical sciences |
| 51 | Combinations of science with subject groups 6-10 |
| 52 | Management studies |
| 53 | Business and commerce |
| 54 | Secretarial studies |
| 55 | Economics |
| 56 | Geography |
| 57 | Accountancy (including banking and insurance) |
| 58 | Government and public administration |
| 59 | Law |
| 60 | Psychology (including PPP degrees) |
| 61 | Sociology and social athropology |
| 62 | Combinations of social studies |
| 63 | Combinations of social studies with subject groups 7-10 |
| 64 | Architecture |
| 65 | Town and Country planning |
| 66 | Catering and institutional management (nes) |
| 67 | Home economics |
| 68 | Vocational studies (nes) |
| 69 | Librarianship and information science |
| 70 | Nautical subjects |
| 71 | Transport |
| 72 | Wholesale and retail/ combinations of vocational subjects |
| 73 | English |
| 74 | Celtic languages/others in grp 8 (excluding French/German) |
| 75 | French |
| 76 | French/German |
| 77 | German |
| 78 | Hispanic/ Russian/ Slavonic/ Oriental/ Asian/ African |
| 79 | Other West European languages |
| 80 | Classical studies |
| 81 | Languages with arts |
| 82 | History/ Archaeology |
| 83 | Philosophy |
| 84 | Theology |
| 85 | Arts general |
| 86 | Art and design |
| 87 | Drama/ combinations with arts and design, drama and music |
| 88 | Music |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's subject of highest qualification.
Universe
Persons with higher qualifications
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |