Highest qualification level of working age adults by region and local authority
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Levels of highest qualifications held by working age adults by DCELLS area and genderLast update
April 2016Next update
April 2017 (provisional)Publishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Annual Population Survey, Office for National StatisticsContact email
post16ed.stats@wales.gsi.gov.ukDesignation
National StatisticsLowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local authoritiesGeographical coverage
WalesLanguages covered
English onlyGeneral description
Data are presented for working age adults i.e. including males aged 18-64 and females aged 18-59, according to their age at the start of the academic year.Data collection and calculation
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National StatisticsThe data are based on the results of the Annual Population Survey for 2004 onwards, a household survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics.
The survey asks respondents for the highest qualification that they hold. The highest qualifications are subsequently grouped into National Qualification Framework (NQF) levels. Figures are provided for those obtaining qualifications at least at a certain level, and qualifications up to and including a certain level.
Data have previously been presented as NVQ equivalencies. From September 2004, the National Qualification Framework (NQF) was expanded and the former levels 4 and 5 were divided into more precise levels (4-8). Data are now presented according to this classification.