Highest Qualification vs Government Office Region

Source: British Election Study, Daily rolling election campaign data 2015 (N=30,507)

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Region
	North East		North West		Yorkshire and the Humber		East Midlands		West Midlands		East of England		London		South East		South West		Wales		Scotland		Total
Highest Qualification	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
No formal qualifications	99	6.7	246	7.6	210	7.6	196	8.3	223	8.5	242	8.3	218	5.5	296	7.1	209	7.8	100	6.3	148	5.5	2,187	7.2
Youth training certificate/skillseekers	6	0.4	10	0.3	5	0.2	4	0.2	4	0.2	8	0.3	14	0.3	6	0.1	4	0.1	11	0.7	10	0.4	81	0.3
Recognised trade apprenticeship completed	27	1.8	43	1.3	52	1.9	31	1.3	20	0.8	50	1.7	15	0.4	44	1.1	44	1.6	20	1.3	48	1.8	395	1.3
Clerical and commercial	47	3.1	86	2.6	56	2.0	57	2.4	46	1.8	75	2.6	42	1.1	74	1.8	70	2.6	32	2.0	31	1.1	616	2.0
City and Guild certificate	97	6.5	161	5.0	140	5.1	146	6.2	140	5.3	123	4.2	112	2.8	192	4.6	137	5.1	60	3.7	79	2.9	1,387	4.5
City and Guild certificate - advanced	40	2.7	93	2.9	78	2.8	81	3.4	66	2.5	73	2.5	55	1.4	97	2.3	51	1.9	46	2.9	42	1.6	722	2.4
onc	17	1.2	33	1.0	33	1.2	18	0.8	27	1.0	25	0.9	15	0.4	31	0.7	30	1.1	23	1.4	30	1.1	282	0.9
CSE grades 2-5	58	3.9	95	2.9	90	3.3	67	2.8	65	2.5	67	2.3	49	1.2	98	2.3	81	3.0	30	1.9	20	0.7	720	2.4
CSE grade 1, GCE O level, GCSE, School Certificate	194	13.1	458	14.1	415	15.0	348	14.8	370	14.1	477	16.4	405	10.2	682	16.3	386	14.4	212	13.3	137	5.1	4,084	13.4
Scottish Ordinary/ Lower Certificate	4	0.3	8	0.2	5	0.2	1	0.1	7	0.3	6	0.2	5	0.1	6	0.1	4	0.1	3	0.2	122	4.5	171	0.6
GCE A level or Higher Certificate	277	18.7	524	16.2	474	17.2	357	15.2	426	16.3	515	17.7	631	15.9	674	16.1	437	16.3	228	14.3	110	4.1	4,655	15.3
Scottish Higher Certificate	5	0.3	11	0.4	5	0.2	10	0.4	8	0.3	3	0.1	11	0.3	11	0.3	2	0.1	1	0.1	407	15.1	473	1.6
Nursing qualification (eg SEN, SRN, SCM, RGN)	24	1.6	55	1.7	44	1.6	35	1.5	38	1.5	32	1.1	19	0.5	42	1.0	41	1.5	36	2.3	46	1.7	413	1.4
Teaching qualification (not degree)	52	3.5	71	2.2	64	2.3	48	2.0	71	2.7	46	1.6	54	1.4	89	2.1	50	1.9	20	1.2	36	1.3	599	2.0
University diploma	47	3.2	122	3.7	88	3.2	61	2.6	108	4.1	75	2.6	192	4.8	116	2.8	90	3.4	70	4.4	131	4.8	1,099	3.6
University or CNAA first degree (eg BA, B.Sc, B.Ed)	241	16.2	640	19.7	494	17.9	415	17.6	475	18.1	508	17.5	1,050	26.5	823	19.7	441	16.4	329	20.6	621	23.0	6,038	19.8
University or CNAA higher degree (eg M.Sc, Ph.D)	67	4.5	160	4.9	155	5.6	112	4.8	140	5.3	176	6.1	506	12.8	276	6.6	171	6.4	141	8.8	264	9.8	2,169	7.1
Other technical, professional or higher qualification	134	9.0	331	10.2	291	10.5	277	11.8	295	11.3	321	11.0	418	10.5	503	12.0	372	13.9	189	11.8	357	13.2	3,490	11.4
Don't know	19	1.3	34	1.1	23	0.8	32	1.4	24	0.9	31	1.1	50	1.3	52	1.2	18	0.7	21	1.3	21	0.8	326	1.1
Prefer not to say	28	1.9	65	2.0	37	1.4	55	2.3	64	2.4	56	1.9	107	2.7	77	1.8	45	1.7	28	1.7	39	1.4	601	2.0
Total	1,485	100	3,247	100	2,760	100	2,349	100	2,615	100	2,909	100	3,967	100	4,190	100	2,685	100	1,599	100	2,700	100	30,507	100

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