Skills for Life Flags Data Definition
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1 Skills for Life Flag for aim and learner.
Purpose
2 This indicates if an aim or learner counts towards the Skills for Life target, as classified by the Learning Aim Database (LAD).
Relevant Collections
ILR (FE)
ILR (UfI)
ILR (ACL)
ILR (WBL)
ILR (ESF)
ILR (TtG)
Source Data
3 The following variables are used as source data for the calculation of the Skills for Life Flag
Field Name | Label |
A09 | Learning Aim Reference |
A_SFL | LAD - Counts Towards Skills for Life Target |
A_LIVE_B | DV - Status of aim for inclusion in analysis using 1 Oct as first census date |
Derived Variables and Datasets
4 The definitions produces the following derived variable(s)
Field Name | Label | Dataset |
A_SFL | 1/0 flag to indicate if the aim is Skills For Life or not | Aims Standard File |
L_SFL | 1/0 flag to indicate if the learner is a Skills For Life learner or not | Learner Standard File, Aims Standard File, Framework and Aims Standard File, Esf Standard File, HE Standard File |
Detailed definition
5 A LAD field, Counts Towards Skills For Life Target (A_SFL), is used to indicate the aim as counting towards the Skills For Life target. If an aim does count towards the Skills for Life target, the Skills For Life Aim Flag (A_SFL) has a value of 1.
6 If the learner has a Skills for Life Aim Flag (A_SFL) for any aim then the learner has a value of 1 in the Skills For Life Learner Flag (L_SFL). This excludes those aims that are not included for analytical purposes (using A_LIVE_B).
Sample Code
7 The following sample code is available
