Skills for Life Type Data Definition 2008/2009
A_SFLTY
DATA DEFINITION
1. Skills for life Type
PURPOSE
2. Skill for Life Type is used to identify learning aims that count towards the LEITCH Skills for Life target and across the LSC for analysis of Skills for Life data.
RELEVANT COLLECTIONS
- ILR (LR)
- ILR (ER)
- ILR (ASL)
- ILR (UFI)
- ILR (ESF SR)
SOURCE DATA
3. The following variables are used as source data for the calculation of the Skills for Life Type data definition.
| Field Name |
Label |
Dataset |
| A09 |
A09 Aim Reference |
Aims Standard File |
| A_SFLTYP |
A_SFLTYP Advanced Skills for Life Type including Level and Awarding Body |
Analytical LAD |
DERIVED VARIABLES AND DATASETS
4. The definition produces the following derived variable(s)
| Field Name |
Label |
Dataset |
| A_SFLTY |
A_SFLTY Skills For Life Type |
Aims Standard File |
VALUES
5. The table below outlines the categories for A_SFLTY
| A_SFLTY Label Value |
Description |
| 1 |
Literacy |
| 2 |
Numeracy |
| 3 |
Language |
| 4 |
Other |
| -1 |
Not Applicable |
DETAILED DEFINITION
6. An aim is considered to be Literacy Skills for life type if the LAD indicates that it is one of the following (A_SFLTYP = 01,05,08,11,13, 15 or 20) Approved Certificate in Adult Literacy including for 0506, Diagnostic Test in Adult Literacy (from 0506 onwards), Short Course in Adult Literacy (from 0506 onwards), GCSE in English Language, Key Skill in Communication, Other Skills for Life Literacy (any literacy course which is not an Approved Certificate in Adult Literacy, diagnostic test or short course), Functional Skills in Literacy.
7. An aim is considered to be Numeracy Skills for life type if the LAD indicates that it is one of the following (A_SFLTYP = 02,06,09,12,14,16 or 19) Approved Certificate in Adult Numeracy including for 0506, Diagnostic Test in Adult Numeracy (from 0506 onwards), Short Course in Adult Numeracy (from 0506 onwards), GCSE in Maths, Key Skill in Application of Number, Other Skills for Life Numeracy (any numeracy course which is not an Approved Certificate in Adult Numeracy, diagnostic test or short course), Functional Skills in Numeracy.
8. An aim is considered to be Language Skills for life type if the LAD indicates that it is one of the following (A_SFLTYP = 03,04,07, 10 or 17) Approved ESOL including for 0506 only diagnostic tests, Other ESOL, Diagnostic Test in ESOL (from 0506 onwards), Short Course in ESOL (from 0506 onwards), Other Skills for Life ESOL that is not an Approved Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life.
9. An aim is considered to be Other Skills for life type if the LAD indicates that it is one of the following (A_SFLTYP = U or 18) unknown or Other Skills for Life aims that are not specifically identifiable as literacy, numeracy or ESOL.
10. An aim is assigned under the Not Applicable if it does not fall into any of the above categories.
Skills for Life Type Sample Code
1. The following SPSS code is provided to illustrate the Skills for Life Type data definition.
A_SFLTY
2. The following table shows the steps required to derive A_SFLTY
| Step |
Condition |
Action/Action if true |
Action if false |
| 1 |
Is the skills for life type for the aim literacy A_SFLTYP = (01,05,08,11,13, 15 or 20) |
Set A_SFLTY to 1 |
Go to 2 |
| 2 |
Is the skills for life type for the aim Numeracy A_SFLTYP= (02,06,09,12,14,16 or 19) |
Set A_SFLTY to 2 |
Go to 3 |
| 3 |
Is the skills for life type for the aim Language A_SFLTYP = (03,04,07, 10 or 17) |
Set A_SFLTY to 3 |
Go to 4 |
| 4 |
Is the skills for life type for the aim Other A_SFLTYP = U or 18 |
Set SFLTY to 4 |
Set SFLTY to 9 |
| Step |
Condition |
Action/Action if true |
Action if false |
| 1 |
Does A_SFLTYP contain a value |
None |
Set A_SFLTYP = -1 |
3. The following SPSS code illustrates how to derive A_SFLTY.
|
GET FILE =’ Aims data set’.
SORT CASES A09.
MATCH FILES
/FILE=(aims file)
/TABLE=’………………..Analytical LAD data set’
/BY A09.
/* Not Applicable.
COMPUTE A_SFLTY=-1.
/*Literacy.
IF (ANY(A_SFLTYP,'01','05','08','11','13','15','20')) A_SFLTY=1.
/*Numeracy.
IF (ANY(A_SFLTYP,'02','06','09','12','14','16','19')) A_SFLTY=2.
/*Language.
IF (ANY(A_SFLTYP,'03','04','07','10','17')) A_SFLTY=3.
/*Other.
IF (ANY(A_SFLTYP,'U' ,'18' )) A_SFLTY=4.
VARIABLE LABELS A_SFLTY ‘A_SFLTY Skills For Life type’.
VALUE LABELS A_SFLTY 1 ‘Literacy’
2 ‘Numeracy’
3 ‘Language’
4 ‘Other’
-1 ‘Not Applicable’. |
Date last modified: 19th January 2009
