Scotland's Census 2022 - MV501 - Highest level of qualification by ethnic group

This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for highest level of qualification by ethnic group in Scotland.

Highest level of qualification

The highest level of qualification is derived from the question asking people to indicate all types of qualifications held. There were 14 response options (plus “no qualifications”) covering professional and vocational qualifications, apprenticeships and a range of academic qualifications. For the purpose of statistical outputs, these are combined into five categories for the highest level of qualification, plus a category for no qualifications.

The census question on qualifications asked people to tick all the qualifications they had from a list of options.

The highest qualification variables from the 2011 and 2022 Censuses are not fully comparable due to the inclusion of apprenticeship qualifications in 2022 Apprenticeships were not included in 2011.

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here

Ethnic group

Ethnic group classifies people according to their own perceived ethnic group and cultural background. Whilst the main ethnic group categories have not changed from the question asked in Census 2011, some of the detailed response options and write-in prompts for Scotland's Census 2022 were changed based on stakeholder engagement and subsequent question testing.

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here