Some of the staff members were also registered for higher degree qualifications.
According to the NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac there are an estimated 732,000 people employed in the voluntary sector of which more than a third hold a degree or higher level qualification; in the public sector this rises to 41%.
Sixty-nine percen=239=239) held a higher degree (Masters, NHS management qualification, clinical qualification or a PhD).
Respondent Characteristics and Treatment Details Respondents' characteristics showed that just over half were male (53.4%, n = 70), with a mean age (SD) of 37.7 years (12.4), married (56.5%, n = 74), Caucasian (100%, n = 131), employed (74.8%, n = 98), had completed secondary school (84.0%, n = 110), and held a higher degree or professional qualification (54.2%, n = 71) (Table 2).
This result may be explained by the fact that a high share of vacant jobs originates in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Helmrich and Zika, [2010]), which usually require a high degree of qualification.
There is a significant difference in consent for people who have a higher degree, A-levels, a commercial qualification or no qualifications.
The score, which has been validated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics [ 23], is constructed using a number of different variables that indicate both advantage (i.e. high income, having a degree qualification) and disadvantage (i.e. unemployment status, low income, not enough bedrooms).
Educational attainment was indicated by reporting having no qualifications, qualifications up to GCSE or Ordinary level (e.g., high school diploma), qualifications up to Advanced level (e.g., advanced placement qualification) and higher degree or above (e.g., university degree).
Educational qualifications were constructed from the derived variable which classified respondents' highest educational level (for that year) into one of ten categories: VET certificates I, II, III, IV, unknown, advanced vocational diploma, bachelor degree, graduate diploma, higher degree and no post-school qualification.
Two had completed GCSE level education; six had completed A level education; five had a degree or higher degree; four had completed professional qualifications.
