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6.7 Qualifications
From the 2001 Census, 41% of residents in Hull had no qualifications and 10% were
qualified to degree level or higher. This compares to 29% and 20% for England and
Wales.
Information was collected on the highest educational qualification in the local Health and
Lifestyle Survey in 2007 (Figure 26) for each locality. It can be seen that over one third
of respondents in North (35%) and East (36%) Localities had no qualifications compared
to 28% in West locality. Around one in five respondents from North and East localities
had a degree or postgraduate qualification (19% and 21% respectively), compared with
almost one-quarter of respondents from West locality (24%). This will be influenced by
the location of the University and there will be a number of students who have already
obtained a degree qualification and are currently studying for a post-graduate
qualification. In relation to the Census, the response categories of the questions differed
slightly, the local survey only included a sample of residents (whereas the census, in
theory, included everyone) and the questions were completed at different times (April
2001 for the census and January to March for the 2007 local survey). These three
factors could have explained some of the differences observed, but the differences are
relatively large between the two sources and this must be borne in mind when
interpreting the results. The underlying data for this figure is given in the APPENDIX on
page 831.
Highest educational attainment (%)
Figure 26: Highest educational qualification by Locality, 2007
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
North East West
Locality
None O-level A-level
Degree/HNC Postgraduate Other
The percentage of survey responders with no qualifications, GCSE or „A‟ levels or
equivalent, and qualified to degree level or higher is given in Table 45 for each ward in
Hull. There is considerable variability among the wards. In eight of the 23 wards in Hull
more than 40% of survey respondents had no qualifications. It can be seen that wards
near to the University have a much higher percentage of people with a degree, with the
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